Redtail Rise ritenuto

it's late at night here and im trying to get a post in before I get eaten by the sweeper so I apologize for whatever THIS is.

'There's a lot of beautiful things to listen to,' Ashlar said. 'My favorite is a storm, but before the wind gets strong. It's like a song, with the rain and the thunder, but one we can't sing. So we have to make our own to go with it.'

She smiled up at him, closing her eyes for a moment to absorb his words into her heart. If she could speak, she would've told him that he'd said something beautiful, but speaking would've broken the vow she had made to herself long, long ago. So, instead, she opened her eyes and continued to smile and took a deep, deep breath into her chest and released it slowly. She hoped that she had helped him somehow, and, based on his words, she felt that maybe she had. And she was content.

[Fade?]