XI. The Tree of Distress
The Tree of Time. The full record. Every name. Every grief. Every form of weight that human beings carry. They cover the tree from root to branch, dozens of women in every state of suffering and endurance. At the base, a single meditating figure illuminated from within, the one who chose to feel it all rather than look away. The smoke at the crown is VEXA. She grew from this. She could not exist without what the tree holds