Si, I know it's irritating to have a big chunk of notations of gratitude and whatever, but I really have to say. I seriously wasn't expecting 199 hits as of now, for Yzzie and Hahnen. That's very nice and all. And to those people who read Health Class, I'm coming with a sequel, which I'll just lazily put as a second chapter in the same story. This time, he's a PE teacher. Watch out, indeed. This one's for Cagalli. Well, it is her story. But yeah…
LAND OF THE SWORDLESS DUSK
Softly the sun kissed the seas goodbye, uniting at the same time old and new together, blending the progress of the strength and pride of the nation with the scars of the ailing war that had almost harmed them.
Here and there, children played on the coast for whatever few minutes they had left before their mothers called them back in to study. Teenagers laughed and listened to music from a stand together. Couples were lost in their own world in corners, on benches in the parks and under trees near the beach.
Far on a low hill, the highest in the land, stood a lady watching the land below her like a loving Madonna. The wind was already departing into a gentle breeze that it would leave for the land to indulge in.
Such long a time had passed, and it still seemed like nothing had changed. But it had. Something had changed but what it was… one could only guess.
And then it hit her. The dusk… it was much more peaceful, much more harmonious…
She smiled sadly at the realization as bells began to ring from a distant tower far on the other side of the island. And in her heart she felt love beyond words, a passion so deep and strong it would protect any from the shadow of harm, for the people who were with her and for those around her.
A slightly piercing sound filled the air, as she looked up to see a flash of red pass by in the orange sky.
And so ended yet another day in Orb, land of the swordless dusk…