Chirrppp... Chirrppp...
The morning light slowly filtered through the cracks of the sky as the birds stirred from their slumber, greeting the world with a gentle, melodic symphony of chirps.
"Yeah... That's all... That's the story of Aether," Aether said quietly, his voice carrying a weight of exhaustion and strange relief as he finally finished recounting his entire story to her.
He hadn't held back. Not even once. He told her everything—every detail, every truth.
From the shadows that had followed him to the miracles that had happened around him... and even the future, the terrifying, uncertain future that loomed over them.
He wasn't sure why exactly, but... he felt something inside him lighten. Like a huge weight, chained to his chest for so long, had finally been lifted.
It was like a nail—rusted, painful, and deeply embedded—that had been slowly, silently piercing his heart for all this time... finally pulled out.
