Ablution

by velvet-sometimes

Some memories never leave us behind, and the bonds forged between a child and a River God retain remembered strength in paint and dreams. Hope rides the thin edge of a weathered sea shell and the cleansing sting of the ocean spray... A Drabble series

15. Vindication

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

Vindication

There was a sort of vindication that came with the knowledge that she could right the wrong her cove god had unwittingly created. For some reason, by retrieving her great great grandmother's necklace, she felt as if she was fixing something that had been broken.

And maybe, just maybe, she could fix him too. Because he looked so broken, and the sadness that laced his every action wounded her soul.

That was the curse though, of a god falling in love with a mortal. She and her River would have to face the same trial one day, and she didn't know what they would do when that day came. A god was not meant to be human, and they could not be judged by any sort of mortal moral code. The Cove had only done what came natural to the ocean; use his power to claim what was his. And by doing so, he lost the one thing he'd always wanted.

Note: Oh look, A really short drabble for you. It'll be alright though, since I'm working on the 55th. And a new Labyrinth set entitled 'Avian Affinity'. Watch out for that in the coming days.