Golden eyes widened at the form as it changed, met with the face of a storm staring back. There was grief in place of his absence, and that too had decayed what little he had left.
“ There— ”
Whatever he had to say would have to be left unsaid, as she'd—— -
“I really must thank you. If not for you, i would still be stuck up there…” she’s ignoring his words, as if waiting for him say something specific.
“Oh. But you left me. to rot.” She says, the wings on her head starting to sprout and take form. Each of her eyes staring
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she was done.
“ I apologise . ”
He said softly, though he was unsure if she'd ever hear that now. He didn't understand why this was coming up now of all times, when things seemed so. . . Fine. But so be it, he thought. It was now or never, before he—— -
in dull eyes for signs of lucidity, none of which he would find.
“ You're being strange. This isn't like you. ”
He managed to say at last, hoping to knock some sense into a version of her clouded by a past.
Suddenly, it felt as though the very foundations of the world had shifted. Familiar though it was, it was as though the world had stopped breathing.
“ No—– No, what are you talking about ? We've seen change . ”
His own arms held her by the arms, eyes searching—— -
“Something on your mind?” She echoes.
How reminiscent. The last time she mimicked him in a non-mocking tone would be…
“Heaven’s Star, oh how you’ve grown unrecognizable…” she says, still not moving at all. even as the sea breeze blows, it’s like the wind doesn’t
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“ Something on your mind ? ”
The voice comes gently, and yet confused by circumstance. It isn't particularly off-brand for her to settle someplace and stare into the distance in thought, and yet something about this didn't feel quite as normal.
— open starter
she can be found at the mondstadt’s shoreline, the sun is setting. hands intertwined with each other as she is seemingly looking off the the island in the distant sea.
humming a hauntingly familiar song, familiar yet it feels forbidden to even listen to.