letters that staved
Lira’s fingers brushed the wall lightly, tracing the faint imprint of a fingerprint, the curve of a spiral tucked beside a leaf.
A sudden breath escaped them—more sigh than sentence.
Jo, observing from a distance, approached gently. “It’s okay to not have words,” she murmured.
Lira nodded, swallowing emotions rising like tides. “It feels like it remembers me,” they whispered.
Without pressing further, Jo handed them a small piece of charcoal and a scrap of fabric. No instructions. Just a gesture.
Lira sat quietly, fingers trembling slightly, and drew a single line—a curve that almost formed a letter but resisted definition. They pinned it beside the mango wrapped in blue thread. A silent con
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