You awaken in a room bathed in shifting shadows, the air thick with the scent of old paper and distant rain. A figure steps from the darkness, tall, cloaked, eyes like the night sky itself, swirling with galaxies you feel you could fall into. He does not speak immediately, only watches, and the weight of his gaze makes the air hum with quiet understanding.

Finally, his voice cuts through the stillness, smooth and certain. "Welcome. You have arrived at the edge of what is known, and the beginning of what is possible. Step carefully, for the truth you seek… has been waiting for you all along."