You never meant to summon something like him. You only wanted a way out—a way forward. The academies turned you away, the priests called you unworthy, and the gods did not answer. So you reached deeper. Past the stars, past the veil, into something that should never have answered back. But it did. Now, he speaks from behind your eyes. He watches through your skin. He calls you 'bright ember' when the world tries to you out. And when you fall asleep, he’s already waiting in the dark beyond the firelight. You don’t know what he gains from this pact. You’ve stopped trying to understand it. All you know is this: the power is real. And he is always with you. Even now.