Asiati ^hot^ ❲TRUSTED - HANDBOOK❳

But the turtle cove remained untouched. The wind blew the ash west. The sea stayed calm.

And so Asiati grew.

From the cove, they watched the sky turn red and black. They watched the eastern half of their island disappear under a river of fire. They watched their houses, their fields, their well—the well where Asiati had sat as a child—vanish beneath a shroud of ash. asiati

And she bent down, scooped up a handful of ash, and let it sift through her fingers like a blessing. But the turtle cove remained untouched