Anchor, Drift, Tide
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If his memory serves, these flavors are used across many human holidays in both autumn and winter – an orange, a bay leaf, cinnamon sticks, ginger, cloves, cardamom, sage, and of course, the honey.
If Anya had any thoughts as to why these appear so frequently, she did not write it down.
In his case, it has been too many years at war with humans to come to a correct conclusion. The events leading up to Anya's departure are evidence enough of that.
He'd...forgotten that, despite her adapting quickly, Anya had not left her world behind.
"Perhaps..." He says. "Perhaps this will be useful."
A glimpse into a dead world, represented by an undying human.-
Delta discovers something Anya has left behind.Series
- Part 1 of Anchor, Drift, Tide
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It’s easier, somehow, to admit this now. “Actually, it was my mother who taught me that fear isn’t always so bad.”
“How so?”
“The dead don’t fear.” Anya says. “Only the living. That might’ve been her way of trying to hold on. As long as she was afraid, she wasn’t dead yet. She was right, you know. In the end, she wasn’t really afraid anymore.”-
Anya and Delta talk over a late baking session.Series
- Part 2 of Anchor, Drift, Tide
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The CD player whirs to life, filling the air with soft singing. They start practicing once more.
"You used to like to do this." Anya looks up at him.
"I did. In a sense," Delta muses, "my brother's wish that this also serve as a way for us to understand each other more backfired. Learning this only made me more fond of humanity. More keen to cling to it."
"Then you stopped." Anya leaves the when and why unsaid. They both know the reason.
"Then I stopped."-
Anya and Delta address what he's tried to leave behind.[NOTE: This is the EDITED version of the original 'Tide', which was originally published Dec. 06, 2024]
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- Part 3 of Anchor, Drift, Tide