✨ Part I — The Word is Spoken
Kael placed both hands on Alari's shoulders.Her glow flickered—silver, dim, barely holding.
He whispered the Celestine Word, not in power… but in love.
"Awaken."
The air bent.
A ring of starlight bloomed around them—soft, humming.Kael's body slumped forward.
His spirit was no longer here.
🌠 Part II — Kael's Journey
He awoke in weightlessness.
Floating through what seemed like sky, but felt like thought.
No ground. No gravity. No silence—just memory.
Ahead, Alari stood—barefoot in a pool of light, staring up at the winged shadow that loomed over her. Not hostile. Not kind.
Just there.
Kael called her name—but she didn't move.
The shadow turned to him.
"So… you would chase the child into the void.""Even if it means forgetting your own name."
Kael breathed, steadied his soul, and replied:
"If I forget myself to help her remember… then I was never meant to be remembered."
And the light surged.
🔥 Part III — The World Outside
Back in the temple ruins, the ring of light still glowed faintly around Kael and Alari.Their bodies unmoving. Locked.
Vaelrix paced like a predator.Seren stood still, bow half-drawn, eyes on the treeline.
Then… the wind changed.
A chill. A flicker of something not alive moving between trees.
"Do you feel that?" Seren whispered.
Vaelrix nodded.
"Something's coming."
They stepped into position.
"Two of us dream.""Two of us fight."
And just beyond the ring of protection…
The first shadow stepped through the trees.
It had no eyes. Only a mouth.And it whispered:
"He left you."