I'm a human. I'm a man. I lived in the cities of men, the cities of people. My people. I served my kingdom loyally, and though I believed it had its flaws, I defended it every night from the waves of monsters that stirred in the Dark.

I'm not the one that shattered the sky, that buried humanity under the ground. I'm not one of those things that try to swallow the stars, that climb the Pillars to destroy humanity.

So why does the System keep treating me like a monster?

I have to find a way back. Back to humanity, back to Haven.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]