'Wait, my lady!' he calls after her. 'A gift!'
She soars around behind him, over the vast countrysides of factories and mines that have replaced the nations he once warred upon. 'What gift would I accept from you?' she asks. 'You are a volcano. You destroy.'
'And create.'
'And destroy again.'
'And create again, my lady. You know this to be true.'
'What is your gift?'
'Alight once more, so that I may give it to you.'
'You are dangerous to me.'
'You are just as dangerous to me, my lady. If I harm you, you will turn me into a mountain. It is a risk to us both. Either we both live, or we are both destroyed. And I wish to live.'
She considers this. After a moment, she lands.
'What is your gift?' she asks
'An unexpected truth, my lady.'
Across the length of a continent, he hold out his hand for her to step onto.
A fraction of a second more quickly than she would have liked, she does so.
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The Crane Wife and the Volcano
General Fictionthis is not my story, it belongs to the great book "The Crane Wife", by the amazing writer Patrick Ness. this story explains the life of one of the main characters, called Kumiko (aka the crane wife), told by herself in 32 parts. even though there...
