Comic Story
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They buried him in silence. The village had no prayers left to spare for a man like him. The desert wind carried only the whispers of regret and fear.
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I hadn't been back since I was eight. The village felt smaller, more suffocating than I remembered. Ghosts lingered in every corner.
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Something wanted to stay hidden. The house smelled of dust, decay, and secrets long buried. I felt like an intruder in my own family's history.
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Karim listens. Speak softly, the warning seemed to whisper even through the ink. This journal held more than just words; it held a danger.
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Zaynab... Did I imagine it, or did I actually hear my name on the wind? The shadows in this house were definitely more alive.
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I know your first secret. This wasn't just a journal; it was a doorway. But a doorway to what, or to whom?
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Tell me something no one knows... The voice was like sand in my ears, scraping against my soul. I shouldn't have come back.
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And something listened. From the shadows, a jinn emerged, made of the very essence of the desert itself. My uncle's stories weren't just stories.
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Truth accepted. Price taken. What price? What did that mean? The journal felt colder in my hands, almost lifeless.
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Did he speak to you? Her voice was a rasp, worn down by years of silence and fear. The village knew something I didn't.
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Your uncle made the same mistake. He gave the jinn too much, she warned. Too much of what? Secrets? Truths?
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He's in the dust. He wants more. What did my uncle know? And why did the jinn call him a liar?
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Do not speak secrets aloud. He listens, the imam wrote in clumsy letters. But who was he? And what did he want?
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The Ruins. Three nights' walk. A pact waits there. What pact? With whom? The answer had to be there, even if it meant facing death.
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Who was there? And what did they want? The tooth was a promise, a threat, a piece of someone's soul.
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What else will you give? How much of myself would I have to sacrifice to understand this?
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The more you give, the more you see. But what horrors lay hidden behind the veil?
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She was taken by one of us. You opened the door. I hadn't just lost my sister; I had condemned her.
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The more you give, the more you lose and what about my sanity?
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DON'T ANSWER HIM! Even my dead uncle knew what was coming, and he couldn't stop it.
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He won't let me escape. He is everywhere.
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Now that you've spoken... you'll never be silent again.
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Where do i even begin to fix this now. Can this even be fixed?
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I no longer know which secrets are mine. I lost myself in this battle.
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Karim waits. And he's ready to make this last longer, and harder.