CITADEL
“Dreams are sweet, my son… but don’t let them carry you where your body can’t return from.Tunde stood, adjusting his gloves.
“I’ll be back by sunset—with enough for medicine this time. Maybe even a little extra for yams.”He leaned down and kissed her forehead. “Go safe. And sing something when you dig. It keeps the rocks from falling.” (smiling)“I always do.”
He stepped outside, the sun already baking the cracked streets of the Ruins. Ahead, beyond the haze, the Adrium quarry shimmered like a silver wound in the earth. And far beyond that, like a mirage of heaven, the Citadel gleamed against the sky, daring him to dream.
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