a heart's a heavy burden
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as the sleeping heart stirs awake by twilighteve
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
14 Jun 2023
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Eons before, Rex Lapis and the Goddess of Dust exchanged their hearts in an oath to keep their people safe. They say the Goddess of Dust carried Rex Lapis’ heart of stone with her when she fell in battle. They say the heart that rested within his chest was not his own. They say it no longer beat because its owner was no longer alive, because it would not beat for someone who is not its rightful owner.
Ajax was born with a heart that does not beat.
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- Part 1 of a heart's a heavy burden
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Alhaitham came into the world a loudly wailing baby, with his heart sitting silently in his chest, quiet and unbeating and useless though his lungs breathed life into him. He grew up alone with whispers of the cursed boy whose heart did not beat, whose face did not flush, whose hands stayed cold.
Kaveh came into the world with a quiet gasp and a soft cry, with a heart that did not beat staying still in his chest. He would grow under his parents' careful guidance and followed their example as they smiled and kept his still heart a secret from the whole world.
But when they first met and shook hands, their hearts beat.
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- Part 2 of a heart's a heavy burden
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Once upon a time, there was a being of fire and lightning.
Once upon a time, there was a child of starshine and dawn.Illuga was born with a heart that did not beat. Losses haunted his steps, and it was something he accepted long ago; just another aspect of his curse to bear.
Flins spent his days as a Lightkeeper, keeping hold of a heart that once belonged to someone he held dear, who had died carrying his own heart.But if hearts only beat for their true owners, surely it meant Illuga carried a heart that wasn't his?
this work can be read independently from the other works in the series.
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- Part 3 of a heart's a heavy burden