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
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Chihiro had considered many reactions her dragon could have had to viewing the human side of the gate after so long. Fear, reservation, neutrality, disdain.
She should have seen coming that he would surprise her though; he always did.
She'd not expected the pure and unadulterated joy that had overtaken him when they took off into the sky. Maybe... for the first time since her appearance, he really felt as if it were all real. Attainable. Not just a bittersweet dream he was to wake from at any moment.
"You'll love where home is." She told him, reclining her head to rest against his shoulder. "Keep going west until you you see the line of the horizon fading into mirrored water. Then ride along where the sand meets the water until you come upon a house built atop the cliff face, the only one for miles. That's home."
"I can feel it." he whispered to her over the roar of the wind, lips nuzzling her throat as he brushed through her hair away to speak directly into her ear. "The call of the unclaimed. I have had and lost my domain, so it doesn't sing as strongly, but I can feel it reverberating through me."
Note: Hey, so. Life Update time. At the end of the week, Friday, to be specific, I'm going to be moving cross country. Again. I know, I know, it's the second time this year. But I don't know when I'll have internet again after that; the place I'm going to be staying doesn't have it. I know I'll be able to access it from my father's and sister's houses, but that would require me to visit them and I have no idea how often I can do that. So just so you know, if I disappear for long periods of time; I'm not dead, I'm just without internet and working on getting it back.