arrived with a darkening sky. The final hollow sat at the very tip of the southern pier, gaping like an open mouth as the tide began to roar back. Shuu stood before it, realizing he had nothing left to give. No iron, no wood, no paper. He knelt and pressed his palms to the earth. He gave his

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