Chapter 136: The Little Voice Beneath the StoneThe voice was so small that even the forest seemed to swallow it.“Elara… Can I begin too?”Beneath the old stone, something waited.It had no hands to push against the earth, no eyes to see the golden butterfly disappearing between the trees, and no name with which to call itself anything other than the question it had asked. It had existed for only a moment, perhaps less, yet that moment stretched around it like an eternity.It had heard Elara's answer.Today, she wanted lunch.The little voice did not understand why that answer made something inside it ache.It had expected a grand declaration. A promise. Perhaps a beautiful explanation about the right to exist, the freedom to choose, or the courage required to begin. Elara had faced beings older than worlds and answered questions that could have torn existence apart.Surely, someone like her would know what to say to a small, frightened thing beneath a stone.Instead, she had walked
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