Ebbing Waves

Waves now crash upon the site where my house used to be. I never considered it a home, not after fleeing our true country in the Old World, but it did offer me respite, and I will miss it dearly. Our misfortune is nothing compared to that of our neighbors, the Chens. The floodwaters came so quickly I saw the father of the family swept away in the blink of an eye. The body has not been found. The Empress promises we will recover. That she has a plan to restore us to an even greater glory than our realm in the Old World. Standing at the edge of the dirty, treacherous water, I cannot see how it could be possible. -Yang