Fading Reveries: Ember Spine

He carries the glow of something long forgotten, a fire buried deep within bone and memory. It does not burn, not anymore. It only smolders—slow, patient, waiting.

Once, it may have been pain. Once, it may have been power. Now, it is neither. Now, it is simply there.

Somewhere between past and present, body and ghost, he walks. And still, the ember does not fade.