That year, Yong'an was peaceful and upright, and Tiansui City was safe and sound.
He and she were still confidants. When they happened to meet, they would share a smile. Their secret bond needed no words.
She once danced a sword dance for him without ever telling him; he once played a tune for her on a leaf he never gave her.
On the Lantern Festival, they once shared a fine view from afar; when they parted, with no one else around, they turned back, bowed, and said their farewells.
Later, they were separated by their allegiances, and by life and death.
When the divide between life and death was finally crossed, they were separated by long years and hopeless hatred.
In the end, all they could do was bow to each other amid the vast mist and waves: the mountains and rivers endure forever, while all things eventually fade.
