La Guerrera del tiempo by Starsea

el meridiano principal

Theme: London

Setsuna stood in the courtyard and took a deep breath. For once, everything was quiet inside her. For once, she didn't have to listen to that constant ticking, the rushing, the knowledge that time was passing. Here on this spot, east and west met. Time began and ended.

Longitude 0° 0' 0''.

Setsuna looked down at the line that bisected the ground in front of her, a line that was only visible here, where it really mattered. She wanted to bend down and touch it with her fingers, a recognition of kinship. This line was a physical manifestation of something that was not physical, just like herself.

Time.

"Well, Greenwich," she murmured. "I'm back again. It's been a long time... I'm a mother now." She smiled at the young girl who was gazing at the clock a few feet away, fascinated by the words on its plinth. "But in other ways, I'm still the same. Still a senshi. Still guarding time. As you mark it." She straightened and looked around the courtyard. She had travelled to many places, she had stood outside time, but it was the Royal Observatory, in a city that had no connection to either of her nationalities, which spoke to her. Here was the beginning and the end, the absolute zero of time on earth.

Peace on earth.

"Te quiero, Londres," she said softly.


Title: The Prime Meridian
Te quiero, Londres: I love you, London.
Trivia: Greenwich is not pronounced 'green-witch' but 'grenitch'. ;)

DISCLAIMER: Both Hotaru and Setsuna belong to Naoko Takeuchi.

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