He stepped back into the crowd as the torch was taken and words were spoken. Too many words, and too many pyres, but Tal didn't protest the speech. He stood halfway between Hotaru and Sah, tied to both in their shared grieving and yet each alone with their own aspects of it.
"May they burn brightly," he murmured with the rest, the words like ashes in his mouth as he remembered other pyres among the current number. Other losses, adding to this grim tally.
Pale eyes stared fixedly into the growing flames as, for once, he stood without fidgeting and said his final goodbyes to those who'd sacrificed everything for their home.
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"May they burn brightly," he murmured with the rest, the words like ashes in his mouth as he remembered other pyres among the current number. Other losses, adding to this grim tally.
Pale eyes stared fixedly into the growing flames as, for once, he stood without fidgeting and said his final goodbyes to those who'd sacrificed everything for their home.
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