The Wind Chime Tree [Part 2]
But then—
A small voice broke the solemn silence.
"Teacher?"
Shasa had been standing nearby the entire time. Her blonde hair swayed gently in the breeze as she looked between Leon and the old wind chime tree.
She had listened to their conversation, though she hadn't understood all of it.
Leon and Zeon had shared something she couldn't quite grasp. There were memories between them, feelings that had lasted for years, and a sadness that even now seemed difficult to put into words.
Shasa understood death.
She understood that people could disappear one day and never come back. She had experienced that kind of loss herself, long before she was ready to understand it.
But feelings were different.
Some things simply didn't make sense to her yet. And despite everything she had endured, there was still a playful, somewhat peculiar side to her that surfaced at the most unexpected moments.
