Morningside Cuesta 00. the fool

There is room for her tears in the crook of his arm, in the berth of his chest. He pulls her close now and allows her to weep. His eyes are dry but his heart is full as she tells him that he wasn't forgotten.

It means more than she knows. Some part of him had convinced himself that he would be, that when the sea dragged him to its depths and he made a deal with the Devil, he forsake any memories in order to escape with his life.

It is now he realizes that none of it was real.

Ana wants to go back.

Abel hates the water. But he will go there, if that is where she wants to go. His love will carry him there.

Then let us go, he says.