Ocean's Breath Plateau Duet for theremin and lap steel.

he wasn't great at lip-reading, but he caught enough to understand. he should have known, anyway, though time had flown lately; it seemed like only yesterday that he'd hooked up with the woman. still, it was for the best. 

one less wayward child to weigh upon his dying heart.

here we are, aditya said instead, the trio coming over a rise and the ocean sprawling out in front of them. he smiled, watching bushtit's face for his reaction. had the boy seen the sea before? it was a moment one did not soon forget.

i almost had a pack here, once, he remarked, face a little wry. his pelt rippled in the gusty wind, traveling in waves along his withering form. it didn't work out. yet here i am again, as if i were meant to stay.