I shook again, tasted plum, and suddenly the words were pouring out of me." She said I sang before I spoke. She said when I was just a baby she had the habit of humming when she held me. Nothing like a song. Just a descending third. Just a soothing sound. Then one day she was walking me around the camp, and she heard me echo it back to her. Two octaves higher. A tiny piping third. She said it was my first song. We sang it back and forth to each other. For years." I choked and clenched my teeth." You can say it, " Auri said softly." It's okay if you say it."" I'm never going to see her again, " I choked out. Then I began to cry in earnest." It's okay, " Auri said softly." I'm here. You're safe. .Patrick Rothfuss
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In the short story, Auri, by Sofia Samatar, a character named Auri sings a song to her mother before she dies. The song is a lullaby that “descended in thirds” and was “just a soothing sound.” After her mother dies, Auri remembers this song and sings it back to her when she is in danger from the erupting volcano.
Source: The Wise Mans Fear
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