At dawn, the survivors of Tatarasgami gathered on the beach, craning their necks to gaze out at the sea, waiting for the rescue ships. Not a single one of them wanted to spend another second in this place tainted by the Tatasgami.
Their condition was slightly better than before, perhaps due to Fu's healing. Yet Fu herself felt a bit uneasy about it; she would have much preferred to use an instrument, like a flute, as a catalyst to heal others—that certainly would have been more aesthetically pleasing than hurling a cluster of lightning.
Meanwhile, Niwa was feeling restless. He had a lingering sensation that, according the timeline, he should have died here, yet somehow he had miraculously survived.
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