What are the best and worst sounds in the world?
“The best and the worst are subjective, yet I find this to be true. What are the best sounds in the world? Are they those that make your spirit float high, carried upon angelic wings that lift you higher than the heavens, beyond the gods into a new realm just for you? Perhaps it is the sound of your lover telling you how much you mean to them, over and over in a rapturous harmony. Maybe it is the softness of their breath, softer than even the down of a newly-hatched Picky that finally experienced its first breath in a sphere of confining liquid. Or maybe it’s just a simple sound that turns your mouth to a smile, like hearing your dear one humming a simple tune they made up in a second’s notice.
"Maybe then the worst are those that cause you to plummet, far beneath the earth to hide from it. You want to just cover your ears and scream and scream until you can no longer hear it, your voice just a mere croak, a sign of your failure to subdue the sound. Maybe it’s not quite as annoying, maybe it just tears your heart, like when you hear your lover scream at you, berate you, tear you apart with a voice that used to bring you sweet ecstasy. Maybe it’s the sound of the door slamming in your face when you failed to stop them from leaving, when you both failed to repair a silent rift that sneaked upon you both like a silent Harpy. Or perhaps it’s the sound of silence when you lay there, alone for the first time in years, without the one person by your side who made you happy.
"I apologize if you were talking about music, adventurer~"
