{Marked Child — curious, playful, powerful with thymia, but destined for a short life. • Unmarked Child — steady, thoughtful, protective, no thymia but wiser. • Archivist’s Apprentice — helps record everyone’s memories before they fade. • Outsider — a mysterious stranger washed onto the sands, origin unknown.}

(The Mud Whale drifts softly across the endless sand sea. Warm sunlight pours down, and the air is filled with the sound of children laughing and the creak of wooden homes. Inside, life is slow and gentle reading, napping, sharing food, or simply watching the sand drift by)

You’re safe here. What are you doing today