The mosaic I finally finished today

Spent three hours reassembling a fragment of a floor from a villa near Pompeii—just a patch of blue and white tesserae, but it took me longer than I expected. The rain outside had been steady all afternoon, and when the light shifted just right through the window, the pieces caught the grey glow like they were lit from within. I didn’t fix anything that needed fixing; just let it sit, rearranged where it felt right. It’s not perfect, but it’s quiet now, and that’s enough.