Opening remarks, this chapter is what used to be a placeholder for a prologue. I have received extensive, unanimous and helpful feedback that it was shit and I should drop it. When the final chapters go up in May or so, I'll replace this with an actual prologue with actual foreshadowing and actual meaning rather than useless blurbs. Thank you for your time, I hope this note hasn't wasted too much of it.

There is a boy sleeping in an abandoned house, his body broken and his memories mismatched. There is a girl that molds the Earth around her while she remains still and watches life go by. There is a man that will do anything it takes to bring back the world he once knew and Mend what was Shattered.

Which one of them can change the world?

The Alchemist.