Leaves From The Vine (Verity)

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Verity sat in front of two shrines that stood ways away from Liyue Harbor. She figured she would pay her fallen God and brother a visit.
Verity laid out lamp grass in front of the shrines and burned some incense. The fallen God was slain here.. So it made sense to make a shrine for him here. Although it was unclear where her brother was slain... But it would only be right if his shrine was next to the God's.

Verity frowned as she was silent for a bit.
"Leaves from the vine...
Falling so slow.
Like fragile tiny shells drifting in the foam.
Little soldier boy
Come marching home.
Brave soldier boy
Come marching home."

Zhongli slowly walked up the path. He had a feeling the Adeptus would be here. He stopped little ways away before speaking. "Mind if I join you?" The tall man asked. Verity looked up at him before shaking her head. "I don't mind." She said.
So Zhongli stood by Verity and lit is own incense and placed it in front of the shrines.

"Ash in the snow
Falling so slow.
Like fragile broken hearts with no place to go.
Little soldier boy
Taken from home.
Forced to fight a war that was not his own.
Little soldier boy
Cold and alone.
Brave soldier boy
Never made it home."

Zhongli glanced at the girl beside him. He heard this song once before from her former God when he learned his Adeptus son had passed in the war.
Why not pay his full respects?

"Leaves from the vine
Changing so slow.
Like empty fallen souls looking for a home.
Little soldier boy
Thought he could soar.
Brave soldier boy
Fallen in the war."

The two were in silence for a few minutes before Verity finished.

"My soldier boys...
I need you home...
Brave soldier boys..."




"Come marching home..."

(ACK-)

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