"The past isn't gone. It simply waits."
🌑 Scene: The Tower's Heart — The Hall of Echoes
The battle with the Crimson Cult had scarred them. Arishka slept fitfully, her body healing — but her soul still bound by old wounds. Jemil stood watch over her, his blade across his lap, staring at the shifting walls of the Tower.
They were in a new floor now — Level 36 — and this one was different.
It was silent.
Not the calm kind of silence… the pressing kind. Like the Tower itself was holding its breath.
And then, the whispering began.
"You abandoned me."
A voice. Feminine. Familiar.
Jemil turned — and saw her.
🕯️ The Ghost of Veyra
Veyra.
She wasn't alive — not truly. Her body shimmered like smoke, and her eyes… held the sadness of someone who had waited too long for an apology.
"You told me I mattered," she said.
"You did," Jemil said, stepping forward. "You do."
"Then why didn't you save me?"
The floor trembled.
đź’ The Hall Reacts to Memory
This was no illusion.
