THE SILVER LINING
Thank you," she said softly, though she didn't know to whom she was speaking to the Citadel, to Miyal, or to the broken world that had decided to start anew.
The light intensified. The silver clouds grew thinner, parting to reveal an endless stretch of sky above them untouched, unclaimed. It was a world ready to be remade.
Miyal shifted behind her, his voice rough but even. "It's morning.
She smiled and turned. "Yes. A new one."
He glanced over her shoulder, out toward the horizon, where the river seemed to flow like liquid glass. "Do you think it'll last?"
She rose and came back to him, kneeling beside him. "If we just keep moving ahead… it will."
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