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He is very polite. And he is very patient.

I learned this too late.

I am leaving this account where someone might find it. Not as a warning—warnings are useless against the curious. But as a record . Because he was right. He wants to be known. And by writing this, by typing his name again and again, I am feeding him. vel gendis

"Vel Gendis," I said again, louder. The chains gave a low, resonant clink , as if something inside the shallow earth had turned over in its sleep. He is very polite

Silas just looked at me. His eyes were the colour of wet slate. "You think we chain the ground because we're superstitious, miss? We chain it because it moves ." I am leaving this account where someone might find it

And for three hundred years, no one did.