The Hunger of Tene
_The air here hums with a silent pull,_
_Not magic, but something far more cruel._
_A pact unspoken, a vow undone,_
_Where the earth eats secrets one by one._
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_The rivers don’t flow, they claw their way,_
_Through soil that sings of a darker day._
_And the trees are not guardians, but sentries who see,_
_The sins of the living, the price of the free._
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_Tene’s heart beats beneath restless stone,_
_Its pulse is not gentle, but sharp and alone._
_It calls to the broken, the lost, the stray,_
_Promising power, but none who stay._
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_The moon doesn’t rise—it lingers instead,_
_Casting shadows that twist like the words of the dead._
_And the stars are not kind, they’re jagged and cold,_
_A reminder that beauty can never be whole._
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_For enchantment here is not soft or serene,_
_It’s a raw, cutting force, alive and unseen._
_And mystery is not a game or a key,_
_It’s a chasm that yawns beneath every tree._
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_Tene does not welcome; it warns, it demands,_
_It shapes your fate with unyielding hands._
_And those who enter with hope in their stride,_
_Leave with shadows that burn from inside._
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