Korrin was bored.
Which was dangerous.
"I have an idea," he announced.
"No," Thessaly said immediately.
"I haven't said it yet!"
"No," Elyse repeated.
"I think I can turn the void fragments into… music."
Everyone stared.
Naia blinked. "Wait, that's actually kinda cool."
Liss tilted her head.
"If you do it wrong, you might accidentally compose a new god."
Korrin grinned.
"What's life without risk?"
They watched him spend four hours playing memory-infused fragments like instruments.
He accidentally summoned a sentient flute that screamed when blown.
They named it Bob.
Bob became their pet.
And for the first time since the war began—
They laughed until they cried.