Ouroboros Spine under cloud & under star,

fade here?

Her ears tipped forward at his words, and for a moment, her eyes, bright and clear as starlight, softened. Agana breathed in the familiar scent of flowers and pine, letting it steady the ache that so often threatened to rise. „Perhaps the path is not meant to be rushed,” she began gently, voice carrying the quiet weight of one who had learned it the hard way. „You are where you need to be, even if the reason is not yet clear.”
A pause, then a small, honest smile mirrored his own, touched by a rare flicker of peace. „And I am glad, too,” Agana murmured, her gaze lifting briefly to the distant horizon where the sky kissed the sea. „It feels... right, to be here again.”
She dipped her head in a soft farewell, the gesture carrying both gratitude and the unspoken promise that she understood; and would not forget.