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
Preoccupation
Some might have been mistaken in thinking that Kohaku's silence as they flew through the mid-morning light was preoccupation. But Chihiro knew better.
Beneath the silence was an utter fascination. He was so focused on that very moment, on committing to memory every aspect of it, they he refused to clutter it with words.
He was memorizing the feeling of holding her, of the solid weight of her in his arms, of the pressure on his shoulder where her head rested, of the tightening of the fabric against his chest when her fingers tangled in it. He was cataloging all of it in the back of his mind so that if nothing else, if they didn't succeed in this final task, that he would have the memory of holding her to keep with him.
And when they finally touched down on the grassy cliff, he was hesitant to let her go. Maybe he was afraid he'd never get the opportunity again.
"Welcome home, Little one. The land has missed you in your absence, and the spirits grew restless in waiting for your return."
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.