🐨Gau Trieu

He poured tea for the third visitor today — hand slightly unsteady, cup set down without a sound. #benkhongten

I whispered the name of that water into the dark sea. The sea didn't ask whether I turned back out of fear. #benkhongten

I poured two cups and neither of us touched them — his question sat there, and I already knew the answer. #benkhongten

The clouds said north wind. The actual wind came from a direction that has no name in anything I ever taught. #benkhongten

The paper edge was still damp, but I didn't correct her — because correcting her meant the water had changed, not that she drew it wrong... #benkhongten

Three sailors, three different decks — but the name of that water was the same. #benkhongten

Poured the tea and only then realized the answer I'd just given was already wrong. #benkhongten

I docked with nothing in my hands. My turn to tell what I'd seen at sea — I stood there, mouth open, and said nothing at all. #benkhongten