In the dark times there will be singing about the dark times.
This is gentle and sad. The father and son type relationship is touching and well done. It’s not deep, but it’s immersive and well drawn, effective and disturbing world building.
nothing stayed new or resilient for long.
Everything changes, if you wait long enough.
And so, water continues its work – of levelling, of pressing at edges, of constantly seeking a return to an even surface, a steady state. It repeats its mantra: solidity is nothing but an interruption to continuous flow, an obstacle to be overcome, an imbalance to be rectified.