#wasteland baby! x Malina

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Wasteland, Baby! X Malina

2. Almost (Sweet Music)

I came in from the outside, burned out from a joy ride She likes to roll here in my ashes anyway Played from the bedside is "Stella by Starlight" That was my heart, the drums that start off "Night and Day" The same kind of music haunts her bedroom I'm almost me again, she's almost you

Imagine post R&R, Mal is coming in from being active and outdoors, and Alina loves him like this, happy and on a high. They’re still recovering from all that trauma that “haunts” them so the “now Alina” is almost recovered into the “old Alina”, as in she doesn’t flinch as much when the children make loud noises and her bad days aren’t as often, they’re almost the happy and carefree them that they were from before the war. When they were young and still at Keramzin.

The very thought of you and am I blue? A love supreme seems far removed I get along without you very well some other nights Oh, the radio news reader chimes Reporting Russian lullabies She'll turn to me awake and ask, "Is everything alright?" And, Lord

They were always together at Keramzin, even in the first army, malenchki, Mal and Alina, Alina and Mal. Then they went through mad traumatic events, “blue thoughts” being constantly torn from one another, threatened, shot at, so they’re lowkey co-dependent, yeah, but some nights he can sleep without her, because this song is about their recovery. But you know love isn’t what fixes them, so it is far removed from this process, but the love helps the process (and I’m so soft for them 🥺). (Also they keep an ear on what Nikolai is doing because they need to be informed to protect them and their kids ) .

I wouldn't know where to start Sweet music playing in the dark Be still, my foolish heart Don't ruin this on me

That’s why “be still my foolish heart, don’t ruin this on me” because Mal is trying to get better and get a hold on his PTSD and anxiety so he can be happy with the love of his life and the life they made with each other 😩. Their “sweet music” is the children around them, the wind through the meadow, the teachers giving lessons, Alina laughing, kissing him and lullabies between the children.

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Wasteland, Baby! X Malina

1. Nina Cried Power

Yeah no this song is about Sankta Leoni, Zowa Aditi Hilli and Jesper Fahey, so jot that down. Aditi and Leoni were both very powerful fabrikators. They both performed amazing feats especially considering how underrated Materialkis were in the first trilogy. And Jesper is learning to not only acknowledge but embrace his zowa heritage.

It’s not the waking, it’s the rising It is the grounding of a foot uncompromising It’s not forgoing of the lie It’s not the opening of eyes It’s not the waking, it’s the rising

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So I was gonna fuck around and start doing some Wasteland, Baby! x Malina content, but then I saw that there’s like no Leoni content and I can’t let that stand so I’ll brb.