I once thought you were traitors without a shred of principle, so I didn't care. I was ready to purge our own ranks.
I once thought you were aloof benefactors, so I didn't care. I was ready to walk away.
You were born into the light, yet you insist on surviving surrounded by darkness, tearing open the abyss and scorching the heavens.
You who cling to the dark, what right do you have to yearn for the light?
I made things far too simple.
I had accounted for everything, but of all the things I could have gotten wrong, I got the bond between us wrong.
We met when we were down and out, kept a delicate balance amid hidden currents, showed no mercy when we clashed, then came together again at the most crucial moment to fight side by side.
It turned out that from then on, we were destined to join hands and break through the darkness and stillness that bound us, to be reborn through death and race toward the dawn we had long yearned for.
My thoughts after watching episode 35 of Aotu World Season 3. A tribute to the Thunder Lion Pirate Crew, with some changes to the setting, told from Palos's perspective. "To Mr. Trickster: I will give you a complete home somewhere else."
Theme: The sun has risen. That is the dawn's light we have longed for.
