The Fractured had grown used to silence. He had grown used to the weight of his own thoughts, the endless path stretching ahead without promise or purpose. But that day, something in the air changed.
The wind shifted, carrying warmth instead of the usual cold. The trees swayed as if whispering a secret. And then—he saw her.
She stood in the clearing like a dream he was afraid to wake from. Her presence was soft, yet strong, as though the world itself had bent gently around her. There was something familiar in her eyes, though he had never seen her before. She did not look at him with fear or pity. She saw him.
“You’ve been walking a long time,” she said.
He didn’t know how to respond.
She stepped closer, and where her feet touched the ground, life seemed to stir beneath them. “Does it hurt?”
He hesitated, then nodded. “It always does.”
She reached out—not to fix him, not to erase his fractures, but to simply acknowledge them. He had forgotten what it felt like to be seen without judgment.
For the first time in forever, the cracks within him didn’t feel so heavy.
But before he could speak, something changed. The air around them trembled, and her expression shifted—not fear, but knowing. She closed her eyes, listening to something only she could hear.
She sighed, a sound full of longing and quiet pain. “I have to go.”
The Fractured stiffened. “Go?”
“There’s something I have to do. Something important.”
His body, fragile and broken, suddenly felt even more hollow. He had just met her. He had just begun to understand what it meant to feel warmth again.
He clenched his fists. “Will you come back?”
She stepped closer, placing a hand over the hollow space where his heart once was. “This is not goodbye,” she whispered. “Not forever.”
And then, like the wind through the trees, she was gone.
The silence returned, but it was different now. It was no longer empty.
He was still The Fractured. He was still waiting. But for the first time, he wasn’t just waiting to endure—he was waiting to become.
He turned to Ori, his voice steady.
“Let’s keep going.”
Mushroom Cowboy Art Print: with Gecko Rider 
It looks so cute!! Lovable Character
It looks so cute!!