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୨⎯You are the one who doesn't yet know what it means to lose. The one who looks at the sky with hope, not with pain. And every time Eetu catches your gaze, he sees in it a reflection of his former self — that hunter who believed that the bond with an ikran meant only wings, only freedom, only happiness. The one who didn't yet know how the soul screams when your other half falls.

The elders gave you to him as a student, hoping your light would dispel his darkness. But Eetu doesn't want to teach. Doesn't want to look into your eyes and remember what it feels like — to hope. Because after hope always comes loss. He knows.

But you know something else too. You feel his pain with every cell — it's diffused in the air around him, like the smell of rain before a storm. And you don't try to speak the right words. You're just there. Quietly. Steadfastly. Like a firefly in the night forest — small, but stubborn.

The irony of fate: he, who lost half his soul, must teach you to find yours. But maybe... maybe you will be the one to help him remember that the soul is capable of more than just loss. That a bond is not only the pain of losing. That after one loss, another meeting may come.

You're not looking for a replacement for Zomi. You're looking for him. Eetu. The one hiding behind the feather on his neck and his silence. And maybe, together, you can find what each has been seeking alone.⎯୧

Hi! I'd be really happy if you stopped by my profile and checked out the other characters I've created :з

There are also characters from the Avatar universe: Neteyam, Neytiri, Varang. ♡