[as they walk, jiuqing feels a cough coming on. she brings a hand up to her mouth to cover it, angling the sleeve of her fancy white mage robes so the flower she coughs up vanishes into it, and then casually lets her hand drop so that the flower falls harmlessly and hopefully unnoticed to the ground.]

...the story isn't quite over yet. But, I'd like to hope that they will be. That's part of why I want to go back so badly - so that I can help it to come true.

[anyway, they arrive at the summit!




she toots the horn.]