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Dual Nature of Fire
Warmth and ruin share a wick.
Fire keeps two accounts. In one ledger: hearth, amber, the hands held out. In the other: wildline, smoke, what the map will not recover.
The same element cooks the meal and writes the evacuation order.
Respect is not fear worship. It is knowing which room the flame is auditing before you call it comfort.
A spark does not negotiate. The body learns the difference between warmth and warning.
The smoke alarm still remembers both.
JV · Dark Heart Labs