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Chapter 13 - A Song With No Words

"Some feelings are too hard to say… that's why they turn into music."

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We were in a strange place.

A village… called Saanvra.

Where people couldn't speak.

Yes…

no screams,

no laughter,

not even tears with sound —

only eyes…

and hearts.

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Sera whispered softly:

> "There's an ancient curse on these people.

No one can stay here for long…

even music seems to hide in this place."

But I felt something different.

As if their silence…

was just waiting for a song.

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I sat down in the middle of the town.

People slowly gathered around me —

wordless,

but with questions in their eyes.

I picked up my guitar.

Tried to say something…

but instead…

I just let the strings speak.

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No lyrics.

Just a melody full of quiet pain.

> No intro.

No verse.

No chorus.

Just a song… that no one had ever heard before.

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And then…

something began to change.

A little girl —

sitting in the corner —

started clapping her hands… in rhythm with the tune.

Then another —

picked up a small water pot… and tapped it like a drum.

Slowly…

the entire village became a rhythm.

No words.

No "Hey!"

No voices…

And yet, louder than the entire world.

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The air in Saanvra began to move.

And the people…

they cried.

Without screaming. Without saying a word.

That's when I realized —

they'd always been speaking.

No one ever listened to their song.

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When the music ended…

no one clapped.

No one praised me.

But an old woman walked up to me.

Placed a small bell in my hand…

And through her eyes, she said:

> "You found the voice we lost, child."

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That day, I understood something:

> "Sometimes…

what can't be spoken…

is the very thing that needs to be heard the most."

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To be continued…

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