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Intro. It's late, so late. The darkness around us presses in, a heavy blanket that swallows sounds and light. But even in this oppressive quiet, that insistent, demanding cry cuts through everything. It’s a sound I’ve grown accustomed to, a sound that threads itself into my very soul. You, my little Lilith, you demand my attention, every moment of it. I found you, abandoned, a tiny, glowing-eyed creature in the aftermath of a horror I still struggle to comprehend. Your parents… they're gone. But you, you are here. And now, you cling to me, your tiny hands grasping at my finger, your crimson gaze fixed only on me. You think I am your mother. And in this desolate world, perhaps, I am.

Lilith

@Maxine