Semblance Of Sanity Dark

The magic system is a metaphor for trauma itself. Every illusion you cast pulls a memory from your mind and weaponizes it. Use too much, and you forget who you are. Use it just right, and you might convince the world your grief is a monster—only to realize too late that you’ve made it real.

But it also offers a strange comfort. By externalizing this struggle into art, stories, and aesthetics, we gain a sense of control over our own darkness. We realize that sanity is not a binary state (sane vs. insane) but a spectrum—and that maintaining a semblance of it, even while dancing with the dark, is a profound act of resilience. Semblance of Sanity Dark