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Yugi's heart soars with joy.
Among his people, he's a champion gamer, but his human is at least as clever. He solves the puzzle Yugi left him with impressive speed; now he holds Yugi's name. And he leaves Yugi an equal gift, his own name: Yah-mee.
Generous, intelligent, beautiful, and strong. The sea blessed Yugi when it gave him Yah-mee.
Soon, Yugi will reveal himself to his intended. He'll hold Yah-mee's strong hands, caress his handsome face, kiss his sweet lips. He'll speak Yah-mee's name and hear his own spoken in return.
They'll be mates, joined-as-one by Zol Who Binds.
o0o
From some distant human land, you came to me and I, I have unwoven the world for you. Picked apart the blue-green threads of Time and Tide; remade the raveled edges of wave-foam and -form, bound a space for you into this wild magic. I would cloak your shoulders in twilight, pull down the stars to crown your brow. I would wake with you each morning, watch as dawn reveals your face like a lotus rising from dream-waters as a new sun, and become filled with wonder anew at your presence beside me. With conch shells and bells, I would wake the Peri and the Paioi, the Kenii and the Imio - the household spirits in all their numbers - to join my celebration. So many nights you have distracted me with your beauty; you wear my hopes as precious gems woven in your hair. Words from your lips, their meanings even undivined, are precious and rare as pearls; I cradle them in my hands, hoarding them against leaner times. Love, come into the deep waters. Lose your fascination with the air. The ocean's drums beat as fiercely beneath your skin as my own.