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Beautiful was too simple a word for this song.
The melody possessed a strange quality of sadness and longing for something long lost. It rose and fell in a slow, mournful cadence, each note drawing out the next. It made his chest tighten, called to a part of him he had long since buried beneath blood, battle, and the endless roar of the Dark Sea.
He thought of home. A quiet little fishing village beneath a clear sky. The briny smell of the fish market. The sound of his siblings laughing somewhere nearby. His mother's voice calling him in from the cold for hot food.
Childe took a step toward the railing. The figure in the water lifted its head. He could not see its face. Maybe if he just got a bit closer, he could—
A cold hand closed around his arm. "Don't."
Or, Childe finds an unlikely ally in Ying, a mysterious engineer who seems to know the sea far better than anyone should.
{Chilumi Week 2026 Day 2: Water}
Series
- Part 2 of Heartsick for Home- Chilumi Week 2026