y in purple and gold hues. The morning mist clung to the gnarled

ring into space. She hadn't slept. How could she? Her

silence. She didn't need to turn ar

approached slowly. Her pale blue gaze, filled with infinite wisdom, r

ence fell, but it wasn't a heavy silence. It was a

s voice rang out,

the counci

laws scraped gently against the earth,

o the distance, as if she were speaking

st. No being, human or creature, can challenge its str

fly close

But something inside her refused to acce

ad towards her, her v

all, you must succ

ere was a glint in her eyes, a mi

for a long time before

to become... no one ca

he first time a crack in the crushi

perhaps beyond the forest,

centuries and momentous decisions on her back. Her silver fur gradually disap

uldn't

e idea of leaving the forest, of seeing beyond the treetops, of approaching the human w

e decision t

est. An obligation. A mission where she would have to prove, no

vered s

beyond the trees. She wanted to believe that this world, beyond th

vement caught

fa

His expression was unreadable, his gaze fixed in silent gravity. He knew how she fe

anted to believe he

That he would finally tell

did n

at her, without trying t

hat from now on, ever

ne facing h