This is the long forgotten light at the end of the world
The girl's responding smile was slow and soft, a little wistful. "The person whose lantern is chosen get to see a loved one again. Only for a moment... but wouldn't you give anything to say those last words, or to apologize, or... just see them again?" Could you miss someone you had never met? Did the spirits of those who passed away hear the whispers of their living loved ones in the depths of the night? Maybe, maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps this year, she could finally gaze into her sister's eyes and tell her how much love she held for a child lost too soon.
Seeing Sah's reaction to the mere mention of gourds broke the seriousness of the topic, and Seren laughed. She poked a finger into his cheek with a playful grin.
"Deimos told me you have an oven. Does that mean you are now very good at making food? Please tell me you are. Because I can't cook to save my life, and I have run out of vendors that will accept my smashed gourds." Everyone had pumpkin up over their ears.
"Imagine if we couldn't eat them... We'd be drowning in the things. The sky would be black with the smoke from all those pyres." The conjured image made her shudder, and Seren bit down on her treat with more ferocity. Take that, gourds.
Seeing Sah's reaction to the mere mention of gourds broke the seriousness of the topic, and Seren laughed. She poked a finger into his cheek with a playful grin.
"Deimos told me you have an oven. Does that mean you are now very good at making food? Please tell me you are. Because I can't cook to save my life, and I have run out of vendors that will accept my smashed gourds." Everyone had pumpkin up over their ears.
"Imagine if we couldn't eat them... We'd be drowning in the things. The sky would be black with the smoke from all those pyres." The conjured image made her shudder, and Seren bit down on her treat with more ferocity. Take that, gourds.
Seren
