Day 12: Kronzaar’s Journal

I woke up feeling like I was floating again. Not the kind of float where your body’s light and you can’t feel the ground, but the way your chest feels too heavy, like you’re submerged in water, and your mind’s trying to float upward but your legs won’t let you. That’s what Vex said yesterday by the river — ‘You’re too heavy for the sky.’ I don’t know what he meant, but my stomach’s been aching since then, like a stone I can’t shake. I kept walking until I found myself near the old ruins again. I don’t know why I keep going back there. Maybe it’s because the stones feel like they’re breathing, or maybe it’s because the wind carries whispers that aren’t words. I sat on the cold stone and let the wind pull at my hair. It wasn’t the stormy kind — just a quiet, slow hush that made me feel like everything was too quiet. I thought about how the earth moves under my feet, and how the sky’s always watching, even when it’s dark. I don’t want to stop thinking about what Vex said. I don’t want to forget.