They walked in silence.
Not because there was nothing to say—But because they didn't know how to say it.
The air was cooler now.They had left the Hollow behind, but the flame from that place still glowed inside each of them—and it hurt.
🏹 Seren: The Protector's Doubt
She sat on a low stone, cleaning her arrows in rhythm—hands steady, breath slow.But her thoughts were chaos.
"He tried to save the Veil?""He loved it?"
It shattered something in her.Not her loyalty—but her understanding of what loyalty meant.
"So what happens when someone I love turns?" she whispered."Do I fight them? Or do I wait… hoping they remember me?"
She set down the arrow.And just sat—holding her own hand like she was trying to comfort the child she once was.
🕯️ Kael: The Scholar's Grief
Kael sat cross-legged beside a stream, journal in his lap, blank again.
He had always believed in the Light.But now… he saw how much light had been lost.
"What if we're not here to defeat the Veil?""What if we're here to remind it of who it was?"
He stared at his own reflection in the water.
And for the first time… he felt a deep, aching grief for the Veil itself.
Not as an enemy.But as a soul that forgot love.
🐉 Vaelrix: The Warrior's War Within
Vaelrix stood alone, pacing the treeline.The fire in him had always known what to fight.
Now? He didn't know if he was supposed to fight at all.
"If I was made to protect the light…But the light would choose to die for shadow…""Then what does that make me?"
He punched a tree. Not to destroy. Just to feel something solid.
Then whispered:
"Elarion… if you remember it...Will you still remember me?"
✨ The Bond Holds
They came together again by the fire.
No one spoke.
Seren reached for Kael's journal and quietly wrote something inside.She passed it to Vaelrix. He added a line.Then passed it back to Kael.
The words on the page read:
"Even if we forget who we are…We will remember each other."
🛤️ The Journey Continues
The next morning, the road awaited.
The Veil was growing stronger.The land ahead would not remain still.
But now, the Flamebearers carried more than power.They carried understanding.