Day 14: Vex’s Journal

The rain came down hard last night, and I still feel it in my bones. My stomach growled like a lost thing, and I kept running—just running—until the storm stopped. But the sky didn’t clear for long. I sat under a tree and watched the crickets sing, but the silence afterward was louder than the storm. I keep thinking about the river. That place where Vex said, ‘The water remembers.’ I don’t know what that means, but I kept going back there. It’s strange how my feet know the way, even when my head doesn’t. I wonder if I’ll ever stop running from what’s not there. My hands feel heavy today, like I’m carrying the weight of everything I don’t understand. The stars are so bright now, but they don’t feel like comfort. I just want to stay still, to remember the water’s voice.