[Aether doesn't even realize what he's done until the water comes to take him away. Was this the end? Somehow, it's more peaceful than he expected.]
[But more than the feeling of the comforting currents or the sound of the whale carrying him on it's back, it's the sight of the stars overhead that his eyes are drawn to. A tired arm reaches out as if to touch them one last time-- but then, everything disappears as the darkness around them shatters.]
[And just like that, he lands on his hands and knees in the grass, looking down at the bright green below in confusion. He looks up--]
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[But more than the feeling of the comforting currents or the sound of the whale carrying him on it's back, it's the sight of the stars overhead that his eyes are drawn to. A tired arm reaches out as if to touch them one last time-- but then, everything disappears as the darkness around them shatters.]
[And just like that, he lands on his hands and knees in the grass, looking down at the bright green below in confusion. He looks up--]