Ocean's Breath Plateau [m] seventy-fifth

she knew they would be parted soon.
she knew she couldn't bear to think about it!
rather, they would drown together here.

and in the aftermath, the sand wet and their bodies warm—she only wants to say i love you, i love you, i love you, even though her body has performed enough to prove it; and her eyes shine with adoration; and she had gasped his name through the tide enough;
instead there is only beloved silence, basking in the warmth. nazli does not want to break this magic any more than she wants to shatter the rites as she's prayed them to her goddess.