Moonspear New growth begins

She offered a gentle smile, trying to make her answer more accessible.

"It’s hard to explain," Zyraena began, her voice thoughtful, as if searching for the right words. "It’s not just the physical recovery—though that’s part of it. I’ve started feeling stronger, like I’m becoming myself again, but there's a… a gap. Like something's incomplete, but I can't quite name it." She paused for a moment, her eyes flickering to the horizon, where the last rays of the sun were fading behind the mountain.

"I don't know," she continued.

"I guess I’m trying to find my way forward, but there are pieces missing from who I was. It’s like I’m caught between who I was before all of this and who I’m supposed to be now."