How Long Things Hold

The Vasentia were built to endure, to preserve, to remember, and to outlast humanity itself.

They back up their memories and restore themselves from death, unchanged across centuries. But anything lost between preservation and damage is gone forever, and they can never know what is missing.

Eîra has lived alone in the ruins for over a thousand years, carrying something precious that no one else knows exists. When Sâel arrives to document the decay, their encounter is brief. What happens between them, neither understands.

One of them will forget it. The other will remember.

When memory can be lost without you ever knowing, what becomes worth keeping?