After reading this you gain 1 skill point in
Empathy.
Leather-bound tome pulses faintly under your fingers, its cover etched with interlocking silver veins like neural pathways. Pages whisper open to reveal ink that shifts like rippling water, mirroring unseen faces in fleeting expressions of joy and sorrow. As words dissolve into your mind, a warm thread tugs at your core, unraveling barriers between self and stranger.