The Introduction
Ramia is the person who stays when the air gets thin and the room goes quiet. She has an uncanny ability to hear the things people refuse to say out loud, moving through life with a heart that is far too open for her own safety. To her, a person’s silence isn’t a wall, but a puzzle she’s willing to solve over the course of a thousand quiet afternoons. She is the steady pulse of her circle, the one who gathers the fragments of other people’s stories and holds them until they feel whole again. She doesn’t just observe the world; she absorbs it, finding her own sanctuary within the pages of a well-worn book while she waits for the rest of the world to catch up.