the story
Rin the Raindrop's path
Rin is a single raindrop who decided not to fall. Tucked inside a cozy cloud-cloak, Rin drifts toward the dry places and the tired travellers, and quietly keeps everybody standing. When the weather turns or the road runs too long, Rin lifts off that big cloud-hat, shakes it out once, and it opens into a tent with room for the whole group underneath. Rin tends small hurts before they become big ones, cools hot tempers, waters the ground back to green, and asks the same question at least four times a day: have you had any water? Rin's story is about the quiet, unglamorous work that keeps a party alive, and about learning that one small drop, given at exactly the right moment, is more than enough.