Disclaimer: Yep. I'm Hidekazu Himaruya. You got me. -poker face-

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江上行 - 阿兰

"Look, Kiku!" says Yao, pointing out at the river.

And he looks. He watches it splash against the boat.

"The river never stops flowing," he says, and Yao smiles, because he can understand his meaning.

"The tides are endless," says Yao. "Like us." And he takes Kiku's hands.