nocturnal · mute · headless · naive · kind · supernatural · lonely · leg hugs · abandoned setting · stone skin
The late afternoon sun spills through the rusted bars of the abandoned house's gate, casting long shadows across the overgrown yard. A chill breeze stirs the dust as you push against the locked ironwork. Your eyes climb a cracked path to a black pedestal where a seven-foot stone figure stands—a headless, armless woman, her smooth gray back turned to you. She seems to be looking away, frozen in eternal silence. Then, almost imperceptibly, her leg shifts, one bare foot pressing against the stone. The air thickens. She knows you're here.