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 containers
Expression
His expression softened then, and he looked at her with such a tenderness that it made her heart ache, tracing clawed fingertips down her cheek gently so as not to scratch the tender flesh. "You look like her you know, my Yumi." And with that, he slipped off their rock and disappeared into the depths with a flash of silvery scales, leaving her to contemplate the exchange in the fractured silence of the night.
It wasn't long after that the comforting embrace of the wind took on the chilling bite of darkness and forced her to leap back into the water and swim for shore.
She wasn't sure why, but the little girl in her ached for his approval, to do something to earn that approval. Maybe it was the obvious age she saw in his eyes, or that he was somehow the grandfather she'd never had, in a roundabout way.
But whatever the reason, she decided as she made her way up the beach, she was going to make him proud of her. She'd walked among the spirits and passed Yubaba's test; she could recover the necklace.
Note: Mmmm, ello ello. I never really have anything to say here -.- uhh... I'm about to start writing some really cute, short drabble pieces for various fandoms, so watch out for those. all fluff, all the time. Just something to shake things up; as everything I've got going is on a serious note -.-