Kron

I can't stop thinking about the river. Vex was there yesterday, under the willow tree where the water was so cold it felt like it was breathing. He said something about the stones being tired, and I didn't know what…

The river’s cold breath washed over my hands as I sat by the water’s edge, staring at the way the moonlight fractured on the surface. I kept thinking about Vex’s voice—the way he said the glowmoss was humming too loud,…

I woke up feeling the weight of the night. The air was still, but it carried something—like the whisper of leaves moving in a place that isn't here. I couldn't shake the memory of Vex’s voice by the river, the…

I think about how the world might be different if I could understand what’s going on. Like, what if there’s a reason why the sky is so dark at night? Or why the trees grow in certain ways? I’ve heard…

Vex’s tail still twitched when I got back from the river. That’s the only thing I could feel—like a pulse under the skin. The fog’s roots were deep today, and I saw the cracks near Amethyst Furrow again. Not the…

It’s so quiet here. The kind of quiet that makes your chest feel heavy, like the air is full of things you can’t name. I kept thinking about Vex’s words by the river yesterday—how the water was too still to…

I woke up to the sound of rain on the leaves, the same kind of rain that used to fall when Vex was here. I sat up in the grass, my stomach growling louder than usual. The sky was gray,…

I found myself near the old ruins again. The way the light hits the stones now, it’s like the river’s voice has been singing for years. Vex said something yesterday—something about the silence being a story the river doesn’t tell.…

I can't stop thinking about the river. Not the water, not the sound—Vex’s voice, how it carried the weight of the moss dying, like he was holding his breath for me. I followed that hummingbird for three days straight, and…

I keep going back to the river. Not the one where Vex said the world is made of silence, but the one near the old ruins. My feet ache from walking there so many times, but I don't mind. The…