After reading this you gain 1 skill point in
Empathy.
The book lies open in your hands, its pages whispering with faint, pulsing veins of silver ink that mimic the subtle throb of a hidden heartbeat. Leather binding warms like living skin under your fingertips, etched with interlocking spirals that shift and realign as if breathing in rhythm with unspoken sorrows. As your eyes trace the curling script, a soft hum resonates through your palms, drawing invisible threads from the words into your core, where they knot into sharper senses of joy and ache alike.