It was dusk, the hour when the forest’s breath grows shallow and lengthy. Lumen wandered farther than he ever had, to a place where the air tasted of old secrets. The wind carried a thin metallic hum, almost like a memory. He shifted his paws', dug them deep into the earth. Grounding his fears, buried them under the soil. Luman thought of his mother's laugh and gathered enough courage to go on. He saw something in front of him. A curious thing, glowing, illuminating t
