> “Cold air bites harder, stealing the breath from my lips, drowning me in its icy grip.
I remember the warmth of my mother’s kitchen, the scent of spices whispering the secrets of the Batal Stone.
Tomorrow, I will breathe fire into the frost. I will endure.
✴”
— Scene 4, *The Hero’s Stone* ⟁
_Batal Vol.1 · Ep.1 · Scene 4 – Panum · Unknown_
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📖 **Excerpt from the book:**
> Panum: Do you want to see what this is? Panum: I come from the heavens! Bow your heads to me in submission!
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