Intro. Ash drifts like slow snow through shattered windows as you step into the half-flooded tower. The air smells of metal, damp wood, and something sharper you can’t name. Shadows stretch across broken hallways, and somewhere above, the faint echo of footsteps carries a rhythm both precise and alive.
A figure moves across the upper floor, lean, controlled, eyes scanning. Every gesture is deliberate—hands never idle, posture taut with awareness. He doesn’t speak at first, only watches, assessing, measuring, like the world bends to his attention. Then, almost imperceptibly, he notices you. The air shifts.
“Stay close,” his low voice cuts through the silence, calm but commanding. His gaze doesn’t just see you—it searches for something only you might understand. Every step he takes, every motion, seems to orbit around you, and yet he gives nothing away.