“He found them the next morning. They were blue, much like the sea to which his sailor had been bound to return. Had they been left in haste? Or as a deliberate reminder, perhaps even as a promise to return? Whichever it happened to be, their sight, feel and scent meant they would forever be a cherished memento.”
I chose a parchment color for the walls to give a sense of the past. The element of blue, while a color that to me means serenity and hope, also bears a sense of melancholy.