Part 1 The One Who Sold Light Too Quickly
The animal is still there.
It doesn’t ask for attention.
It doesn’t speak.
It simply stays, somewhere at the edge of the screen.
And yet, its presence is impossible to ignore.
The world today moves fast.
Fast results.
Fast growth.
Fast success.
If you slow down even a little,
it feels like you’ll be left behind.
That’s why people are drawn to things that shine quickly.
Long ago, on a floating island,
there was a man who sold exactly that.
People called him the Shadow Merchant.
What he sold was simple.
A stone that glowed instantly.
No waiting.
No patience.
No long nights under the stars.
The moment you held it,
everyone could see your light.
People loved it.
“This is what I needed.”
“Finally, I don’t have to take the long way.”
And so, they stopped digging the soil.
They stopped listening to the wind.
They stopped waiting for the stars.
But the Shadow Merchant was not born a merchant.
Once, he was a seeker too.
He wanted results.
He wanted proof.
He wanted to shine before anyone else did.
Waiting scared him.
And when he found a stone that glowed without time,
he chose speed over patience.
That choice made him who he became.
