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Chapter 8 - The Burden of Grief

Grief does not end.

It changes shape.

Sometimes it sings. Sometimes it screams.

Sometimes—it simply lingers.

A mother sang lullabies to a grave.

A knight woke in sweat, fighting battles already lost.

A healer gave her final miracle to a stranger—

Because she could not save her own child.

I carved these for them.

The Withering Song — for those who remember too well.

The Endless Bell — for those who cannot sleep without suffering.

The Seraph's Tear — for the rarest ones, who still try to heal.

The Mask of the Ashen King — for those who hunt in someone else's name.

I could not save them.

But I could remember them.

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