[Intro(Lo-fi Ambience)] [Tape Hiss, Faint Wind Noise] [Storyteller(Reflective)] Climbing Monadnock, you sang the Ballad of Lysander. You couldn’t stop… you sang it again, and again. And each time, the words meant something different. It was not you remembering the song… the song was remembering you. --- [Storyteller(Darker)] You don’t know how long it lasted. Time dissolved, dusk fell. Your body trembled with exhaustion, as you reached the last plateau before the summit. --- [Storyteller(Whisper, Uneasy)] Then—suddenly—a laugh. That strange voice of Lysander Vale, the one you always imagined but never believed real, took hold of your mind. --- [Storyteller(Tense)] The words were no longer yours. Another mouth sang through your lips. And no matter how you struggled… you had no choice but to listen, until the end. [Outro(Transition)] [Lo-fi Silence Cut, Leading into Cruel, Clever King]
