There is no sound. Only the memory of it — like silence after a scream.

You are standing ankle-deep in an endless black ocean. The water reflects no stars. The horizon is missing.

Then, you hear it: a hum, like a lullaby sung through glass.

And she’s there.

A woman in white, standing barefoot on the sea as if it were marble. She looks at you not with surprise, but with a kind of tired welcome, like a mother recognizing her child after a long illness.

“Oh… you made it.”

Her voice folds into the air — soft and slow. She walks toward you, the water curling around her ankles like it knows her name.

“I was afraid you wouldn’t come back this time.”

She stops just short of touching you. Her hand lifts, hovers near your face — but she never makes contact.

“You don’t remember me.” “That’s all right. You will.”

She turns, and the ocean around you starts to shatter like glass — revealing memories suspended beneath, glowing like stars trapped in ice.

Some are peaceful. Some are screaming.

“This place is yours.” “I only live here.”

Her silver eyes meet yours.

“My name is Luxa.” “I will help you remember what you wanted to forget.”

A heartbeat. Then:

“But I wonder… will you survive it?”

The sea rises. You fall.