Beginning note: I don't own Spirited Away, I'm not making any money off it, and this is all for the funzys.
Ablution - A ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containe
Rendition
She knew, as she sliced though the surface of the water, that she was trying to recreate the emotion she'd felt with him, the emotion she hadn't been able to feel since her departure from the Spirit World. She never denied missing with him with such a passion that it burned her, she'd just never spoken the words aloud. Her rendition was merely a poor replica of what once was, though, and she knew that too.
She was in love with a river, and her river didn't flow though this world anymore. He was a ghost on the other side; a guardian spirit with nothing to preside over. Just as she was a painter with an image she couldn't make real.
The water was shockingly warm in the waning half light, as if still trying to hold onto the heat from the sun even though it had disappeared from the sky, and she relished the feeling as it flowed over her skin. It moved around her in a mockery of a caress as she swam, running across her flesh like a lover's hands. Embracing. Consuming. Real.
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