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Summary
On the horizon, a pale light blooms across the waves. The sun is still hidden behind the mass of dark water, but soon it will make its appearance. Duty is a harsh mistress indeed; Xiao can already feel her tugging at his gut. But for the first time in millennia, for the first time in so long that it hurts behind his sternum to think about, he doesn’t want to leave.
A lantern drifts by above them, splattered silver and gold beneath the fading light of the moon. Xiao glances to the side. Yelan is lying flat on her back, eyes closed, fur-lined cape spread out around her shoulders, braid slightly askew. The grass, almost black in the darkness, fades into the ebony of her hair.
Or; two duty-bound souls connect under a lantern-lit sky.
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