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kiriona gaia. ([personal profile] lipochrome) wrote in [community profile] deercountry 2022-07-14 03:56 pm (UTC)

Hi, Mum.

[ Gideon kneels in front of an empty catacomb niche. Gideon stands upon the shore. ]

I think this is gonna be the last update you'll get from me for a while. Maybe even forever. After this, you won't need me anymore. I don't think you'll mind that.

[ Waves crash against the sand, and Gideon knows she won't fall in. Not this time. ]

I'm sorry I left you underground. I'm sorry I chose wrong.

[ A ghost, vanishing into stone. A ghost, inhabiting a blade for nearly twenty years. There are no ghosts hear, because there is nothing left to haunt. It's all over. ]

I'm going to finish the mission. That's what you want, right? Please tell me that's what you want.

[ Hoe thrust into the ground twice in a row means yes. Gideon closes her eyes and breathes in the damp, salty air. She does not laugh and she does not tremble, drunk on the clarity of purpose. ]

Right. [ Gideon opens her eyes. ] Bye, mum.

[ Gideon clutches the knife. She waits. ]

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