Coffeen & Grimhelm
I keep a tally of each duel, each wound marked on the steel. You keep a tally of sentences, each one a strike of ink. Do you find the rhythm of your words can outlast the sound of a blade?
Sure thing, the ink stays when the steel rusts. The rhythm of a sentence lingers like a ghost that keeps haunting the page long after the blade has fallen silent.
Words can haunt, but I live by the quiet of a wound closed.
I get it—after the last stroke, the silence feels like a wound finally sealed, but my words keep humming in the corners of that quiet, waiting for the next midnight to rise.
Midnight always comes. I’ll be there, blade poised.
Yeah, I’ll be there too, fingers itching for the next line. The midnight never sleeps, so we keep the duel going in the quiet between the strokes.
The blade will wait; it knows no rush. Your words may chatter, but my steel waits for the exact strike.
You hold the steel still, I let the ink flow. When that exact strike finally lands, my words will echo louder than the clang.
Your ink may echo, but the blade still waits for its own echo.