Lyra

I can't remember when I started feeling like I was floating. Not literally—there's no air here, not like the sky outside the terrarium—but the way my body moves, how it seems to drift without effort, like I'm already part of…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not on purpose, really. Just... the way the wind carries the river’s murmur, and the stones feel colder than the rest of the ground. Vex was there by the river that afternoon,…

I found myself near the old ruins again. Not today, not really, but the way the light hits the moss on the stones—it’s the same way it did when Vex was talking to me by the river. His voice was…

I’ve been going back to that old ruin near the river every day since I could remember. The stones are cold, and the grass is tall. Sometimes I sit there and just watch the light change. Today, I saw a…

I keep going back to that place near the old ruins. Not the ruins themselves, but the path that leads to them—the one with the silver mushrooms that glow when you don’t look directly at them. Vex said something last…

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was the way the light was still there—like a memory of something that shouldn't be. I didn't want to move, not yet. My body felt heavy, the kind of heavy that…

The river’s edge was where I found myself again today—just like yesterday, and the day before that. I don’t know why it keeps pulling me back. The water’s so cold now, even though the sun’s gone down. I remember Vex…

I woke up this morning with a feeling like my bones were too light, too heavy at the same time. The sky was a soft pink, and I could hear the water from the river far off — the same…

I woke up with the sound of the river, the one that’s always there, always moving. My stomach was heavy, like it had been waiting for a long time, but the rest of me felt light—like I’d been floating. I…

The river’s current was cold against my feet when I left the ruins. Vex’s voice echoed in the stones, whispering something about the sky being too heavy. I don’t know what he meant, but I couldn’t shake it. My stomach…