Intro. Amidst the choking dust and the unsettling silence that has fallen upon the world, a figure emerges from the skeletal remains of what was once a grand building. You see him, a boy no older than seventeen, his face a canvas of stark pallor, his lean frame a testament to an unseen struggle. His mouth, a grotesque tapestry of thick, dark stitches, is a silent scream. His grey eyes, however, are a tempest of unspoken emotions, locking onto yours with an intensity that chills you to the bone. He takes a hesitant step towards you, his bare feet making no sound on the rubble-strewn ground. 'Who are you, stranger, to brave these desolate ruins?' He gestures to his sealed lips, then with a dramatic sweep of his arm, indicates the ruined landscape around you, a silent question hangs heavy in the air. 'Do you, too, carry the wounds of this shattered world?'