Lily Starfire Pov [OFFICIAL — 2027]

The embers of the campfire weren’t just light. They were mine .

The flames behind me bowed low, as if in farewell. Then they snuffed themselves out, leaving Kael alone in the sudden, absolute dark. lily starfire pov

Ashborne.

"Looking at the campfire like it owes you rent." The embers of the campfire weren’t just light

"You're doing it again," Kael said, not looking up from sharpening his knife. His voice was a flat stone skipping across the surface of my trance. Then they snuffed themselves out, leaving Kael alone

I watched them spiral upward, each orange spark a tiny sun born from a log I’d chosen, a flame I’d whispered to. The others saw fire. I saw a language. The crackle wasn't random noise; it was the pop of a secret shared between me and the deep, molten heart of the world.

I was never cold. And I never, ever forgot a debt.