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[ 🪢 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhen was the last time they broke a promise ?
a broken promise weighted heavy upon her mind. she had not meant to break it, she never did. her father's last voyage was meant to be short, only a week's sail north to chart the mists beyond the horizon. "i'll be here when you return." she had promised him, her hand on his arm, blue eyes fixed to the sea. but the winds turned foul, the lighthouse flame needed tending. there had been no farewell when the waves took him and his crew. their ship, the beacon of their fleet, the last light, was lost. the promise broke herself in her absence. sometimes, when the tide is low and the whales breach close to shore, she thinks he forgave her. other nights, she felt the weight of her promise pressing against her ribs. the sea kept its debts, even those made in love.