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A lone cloud hastened across the sky. Swiftly, the winds dissipated it to vapor, then it was gone, like the mirage from some nebulous dream. Shinyasu ..
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Cloud archipelagos drifted across the unfathomableblue. Through the fluctuating sky a dove flew, sunlight bright on its wings. By and by it glide..
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The leaves billowed in the sunny afternoon breeze. A covered carriage transported the three young women past columns of rich green poplar and katsura...
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Thunder reverberated, then drowsed to silence. The first drops tentatively pitter-pattered on the roof. Inside the donjon prison chamber, Shinyas..
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They all sat on small cushions, and drank, ate a bit, talked, and by and by they even laughed. Isae gazed at Shinyasu often. If she could have go..
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In the prison chamber, Isae and Shinyasu knelt close, facing one another. The flower arrangement reposed by the back wall. In the quiet solitude ..
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The next morning the last rain-clouds rumbled east; the trailing drifts were like vaporous creatures chased by the fretful winds, hurrying to rej..
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Seasons
were passing swifter than before. The goddess of spring enfolded him with
visions of forested hills, cherry trees blooming; and maples, ..
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The enigma of the forest
drew her on, promising all could be lost in its endless maze. No path showed, nor
did she remember ever being here, yet..
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This is an excerpt from a chapter in my main wip, Sakura no Yugen
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