FredericoRibas

Day 14 @inktober Lady

Beyond the fragile path, Boxhead and the Light Bearer reached the hidden heart of the beacon, where the light they had offered was already moving through the ancient structure and awakening lanterns, symbols and pathways that had remained silent for longer than anyone could remember.

At the centre of it all, beneath the roots of an enormous tree, a figure slowly appeared, and the Light Bearer lowered his head as if he already knew exactly who stood before them.

She was the Lady of the Beacon, a presence bound to that place and awakened only when enough light returned to it. She explained that the Beacons were more than guides for lost travellers, helping the Fold remember its shape and keeping paths, places and memories from slowly slipping into something else.

When the Lady learned how Boxhead had reached the beacon, through the ancient Apple, the relic and the strange world hidden within its basin, her body language changed.
The path he had followed belonged to a much older part of the Fold, one that had remained silent for longer than even the Beacon could remember.

Somehow, it had opened again.

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