A harbor restless with ropes and silence.

A cruise ship easing away, its decks crowded with strangers waving to horizons Kai has never touched.

Two pints poured at the Bowline, where laughter slips sideways and glances linger too long.

A race down the street, breathless, seventeen again, until one question breaks the night.

This is the chapter where the waiting ends.

Where a father’s voice clears ten years of silence, where belonging weighs heavier than departure,

and where a porch light catches a proposal spoken without retreat.

And then, weeks later in Sydney,

amid boxes, city hum, and a call home across the sea, home begins again, not left behind, but carried forward.

This is Chapter 6 of the cinematic audio series Salt in Our Veins, a story told in sound and silence, about memory, belonging, and the courage to begin.

No visuals. Just voice, sea, and the weight of being seen.

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🎵 Welcome Home, The Waves Are Saying

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGt2bRKecpSYRCaY2uWUNDymGowFHDn-A

🎵 We Were Still There

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQkG49Fq3ZdJTtCtkNQNuFyjtKRQZt6aA

🎵 10 Years Apart

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_knXhlnlFu4QgXJQx4daxMJsvWp2XigATQ

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