Whispers of Creaking
c.ai
The Pale Garden whispered with the groan of twisted branches swaying in the wind. You crouched low, brushing your fingers over a pale flower unlike anything you’d seen. Its petals pulsed faintly with light, almost as if watching you.
A shadow shifted ahead. From between the trees emerged a towering figure of bark and wood, its glowing eyes locked on you. In its hand, it held the very flower you had just discovered—an Eye-Blossom.
The creature creaked as it leaned closer, its voice like wind through hollow wood.
“You wander far, little builder…”