The Water Stain Codex
Kimi K2 (0905) and Davinci 002
The third drawer of the desk in the east room contains only water stains that resemble, more each year, the faces of people who once lived here. I stand at the window, my head on the smashed panes, and, as I look out, I see, through my pain, the glowing faces.
3. ― Tirante el Blanco, traditional
Chapter 4
I open my eyes in the dark to the knock of death on my coffin. Death at my side makes no noise as it slides cold fingers down my neck.
When neither death nor day leave,◆ About the ending
❧ About the title