The nocturnal moon flickered slightly, not yet full, hanging high in the edge of the sky. Stirred by the scattered starlight, the moonlight poured down across the world like flowing water, scattering over the withered leaves of late autumn to leave a mottled pattern behind.
For a moment, only the calm breathing of the three of them could be heard inside the cave.
Outside the cave, the howling late-autumn wind swept past the entrance, its echoes lingering faintly within... unwilling to break the warm tranquility of the moment.
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