Bound by Voices
she murmured, “and the universe keeps proving you wrong.”
A second tear fell. Then a thousand.
Within minutes, a storm gathered from nowhere—rain that glowed faint blue, thunder that sounded like someone trying not to sob.
The world was grieving.
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By noon the fields had flooded.
Every raindrop pulsed with emotion—fear, confusion, sorrow, longing.
When Mira stepped outside, the downpour gentled around her, as if recognizing its source.
> You hurt, so we hurt, the voice of the world whispered through the rain.