Apology and Resolution

Zera stumbles slightly as she tries to run down the Eastern beach, fighting tears. Stronger she may be, but she is far from sure-footed and the sandy ground is difficult.

It is some time before she stops, breathing raggedly, and sinks down onto a rock far back from the waves.

He had never sounded like that before. Never.

And she had- Stupid. She knows how important his music is, and still she had interrupted, and...

She wraps her arms around herself. She doesn't dare go back.