Ashes of Six
Or a dream that had bled too vividly into the light of day.
I found myself at the end of the corridor, before a tapestry I hadn’t noticed before. It was longer than the others, brushing the floor with its edges curled like pressed petals between the pages of a book. I reached out without thinking, letting my fingertips graze the fabric. It was warmer than it should be. Alive somehow. The image was partially faded, but I could make out the shape of a woman, tall, crowned in flame, her back to a mountain of wings. Around her, elements that I now recognized swirled. Fire, ice, storm, shadow, wind, earth. The six.
As my fingers brushed against the edge of the central flame, the voice spoke to me
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