Joining Fates

393 AC - I'm a bit scared. Soledad is on one side, and she seems lost in her thoughts, uncertain of what's to come. On the other side is the Leviathan, which could change its mind and eat us all up at any moment. And between those two, there's only me. A blacksmith would probably say between the hammer and anvil, but for me it's more like between the wolf and the edge of a cliff. Haha. I saw how the Ollam did it when Puff and I were being bound together. And thankfully, Puff is here to give me encouragement. "Hurry up, stop dragging your feet," he says. He's right. The more I hesitate, the greater the chance that all this will turn out badly. I take a deep breath, trying to remember what the high priest did during my Musubi.

I just need to do exactly the same thing, basically. It would be better with a design pattern. But I don't really know if there is one for this. It's a bit bigger and more complicated than a scarf… With my hands, I imitate what the Ollam did. He looked a little like an orchestra conductor (which I know because I recently saw one in real life for the very first time), but with a needle and thread instead of a baton. OK, I need to get going. Stitch two beings together. I'm suddenly aware of two young women looking at me, two Yzmir wizards watching what I'm doing in a slightly scary way. No, I can't get distracted…

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