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The lake of tears

The twin mountains were named that for a reason. Two tall peaks, standing in stark opposition to one another, their faces blown by the relentless winds and pummeled by the storms that roll in. Despite their harshness, the peaks still have a beauty to them, standing as sentinels against nature's fury. The storms and wind are relentless, and even those who would dare brave them must be wary of falling and never returning to the valley below. Centuries ago the Water goddess lived in the twin mountains. In this era, everything was calm and beautiful. She loved the rare flowers that just grow in the twin mountains and the villagers that lived near. For a long time she didn't knew that she had a half-brother, the wind god. They just met when they were 130 years old, what in human years is 19. Even when they met, they still didn't knowing that they were half-siblings. They get along very well, and in no much time they fell for each other. They even got married! They loved each other so much! Even the wind god was kinda rude and selfish, he showed his love for her so well. Their love was so strong that they couldn't control their own powers, and that made a chaos to the humans. The rain don't stoped falling and the wind was so aggressive! The water goddess, to save the humans, sacrificed herself in the top of the twin mountains. Obviously the wind god tried to stop her, but he couldn't. He got so angry about the humans that in the nowadays the twin mountains have the most aggressive wind. Well, when the water goddess died her body turned into water, and then, became the lake of the tears.

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Chapter two

A young man is in a clean field, it's Kayrou. He's putting some shirts and pants on the clothes line. He doesn't twist the clothes before putting them on the clothes line. That is because he's literally removing the water of them. Small drops float in the air as he do this. How is he doing this? Well, he's the reincarnation of water goddess, so there is no much doubt left.

  His hair make little rainbows in contact with the sun light (since his hair is made of water). He hums something as he do his job happily. Well, he's surely away from the Twin Mountains, since the air is not heavy and the is no aggressives gales. He looks like is enjoying being kinda far from he's used to be.

  A villager that was passing there see Kayrou and decides to help him. Kayrou look at the villager as she approaches: It's a middle age woman, around 35, she's not that tall but kinda chubby. He waves at her when he notices that is Iris, a woman from his village. She waves back at him smiling.

  Iris and Kayrou do the laundry together as they talk about a bit of everything. They spend lots of laughs during this time. When they finish they go back to the village in the Twin Mountains. Kayrou and Iris really hate the strong wind, but what could they do? They love that place, it's their home.

  "Kayrou, my dear…" Started Iris. "I don't think it's really safe you use your powers for doing chores… If someone that don't know about your powers see that, the wind god could find you."

  Kayrou looks at her and smiles. He nods and thanks for her worry. They're almost home, just a few steps far from the church where they live. Well, Kayrou and Iris are part of the church, Iris is a nun and Kayrou help with the orphan kids. 

  When they arrive, kids come out of the church and wave at them running in their direction. Kayrou really love kids, he used to have a younger half-brother, but he doesn't know where he is in nowadays. With a warm smile Kayrou hug the kids. He press them over his chest, squeezing their little and cute faces.

  Past 8 pm all of them are sat at the table. They do their prayers and thank God for the food. Kayrou is with his hair in a ponytail, just him in the whole can put water in the form of a ponytail. He's also wearing a small hat and a cloth jacked (that's kinda dirty). All of them eat happily their food, without any complain. 

  In the middle of the meal Peter, the younger kid from the church, asks to Kayrou:

  "Sir Kayrou, can you play with me tomorrow?"

  Kayrou smiles warmly to Peter.

  "Sure, lil Petty."

  He nick name the little kid with love. He knows that he will be probably busy in the next day, but he'll try to spend some time with his lovely "Lil Petty". Peter smiles when he hears Kayrou's answer. When he finishes the food, Peter gives Kayrou and Iris a little good night kiss on the cheek. 

  After putting all the kids on the bed, washing the dishes and doing his other chores, Kayrou sit on a chair and starts to read a book. He rarely have time to spend with himself, so each second is precious. Everything is calm, except for the wind hitting the window with aggressivity. 

  Kayrou starts to mumble his own thoughts:

  "The wind is kinda calm today, i hope that more days like this will happen. Lil Petty… I have to play with him tomorrow, but when? Maybe at 8 am, i'll not be that busy in this hour. I wish that i didn't have to work at all, it would be so nice. But, well, i can't just let Iris take care of all in this church, can i?"

  He takes a deep breath.

  "I still having to 'hide' myself…that's… weird. I don't like the idea of not being who i am just to not be found. Okay… It's not like i want to be find by the wind god, it would be probably horrible. He would kill me… Literally."

  After some time, Kayro falls asleep in the chair. Even sleeping he doesn't drop the book. He sleeps pacificaly and really deep. Is like he hasn't slept in a week. He's breath is so warm and calming, it is like in a 40 bpm rhythm: In, then out; In, then out, and there it goes.