The untaught song

An unfamiliar tune appears inside Caleb during a breath between family verses, arriving as a complete melodic shape rather than a sound he hears. Its melody rises and turns downward, with a lower part reaching toward an upper one until they briefly ring together on a single note.

Caleb's experience

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Caleb is certain he has never heard it, yet it feels as familiar as breathing and keeps pressing to be sung instead of the family verse. He continues singing correctly while the separate melody persists underneath, bringing a feeling of belonging and a comparison with arriving at a familiar house. He considers that someone, perhaps Sib, once hummed it to him, but knows this thought comforts him rather than establishes how the song reached him.

When he compares it against his knowledge of harbour songs, none corresponds, and he cannot associate it with any work or weather he has known.

Sources

Wavirionthe untaught song
KindLore
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