That night, he did not come to her room. Instead, he took the old veena—the one her mother had played—and sat on the verandah. He played a single, unbroken raga: Mohanam , the raga of longing and separation. He played until his fingers bled onto the strings. And when the first light of dawn crept in, he stopped.
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