A Journey Through Azur Lane, Starting with Picking Up a Shipgirl

(This is essentially a rebooted prequel to the author's previous Azur Lane fanfic, with a more carefully developed and continued version of the story they came up with on a whim.)

Humans and shipgirls are alike: resilient and simple creatures.

Some things are impossible to erase, some people impossible to forget, and some roads have no end in sight.

Humans and shipgirls are alike: fragile and complex beings.

Some pasts are hard to mention, some memories impossible to revisit, and some times impossible to relive.

A catastrophe in a torrential downpour and an indescribable farewell completely changed Mo Chen's life.

Shipgirls, Sirens, Mirror Seas, the annihilation crisis...

After all they had been through, he looked at the girls behind him, who had supported him across the barren wasteland of having nothing and weathered the raging storms by his side.

"Actually... my wish is simple..."

"May the evening lamps shine bright, and may the night rest against green mountains."