For Liakos, it was as if all the noise in his head had finally quieted. Standing by the water, under the moonlight, he felt calm for the first time in a long while. The ripples on the surface reflected more than just the moon—they revealed his current state, raw and unfiltered.
For once, he wasn’t caught in memories of the past or worries about the future. He was simply present—free from distractions, connected to the stillness surrounding him. In that moment, he saw himself through nature, as part of nature itself—not as someone struggling or escaping, but as someone simply being.
And in that stillness, he found clarity.
