Some people are raised by stories.
Jorem was raised by silence, distortion, and the memory of what never happened.

He Remembers What Wasn’t His

Q1: You grew up in the Factory ruins. What do you remember most about that time?

The cold.

Not just the kind that gets in your bones. The kind that settles in your name.

I didn’t have parents. I had rumors.

People said they tried to sabotage the Loom. Said the Loom erased them for it.

All I knew was they left me surrounded by twisted iron and people who wanted to forget I existed.

So I learned to be useful. Or dangerous. Whichever worked faster.

Q2: You and Elen weren’t exactly allies at first. What changed?

We blamed each other for what the world took from us.

She thought I was a threat. I thought she was a liar.

Turned out we were both right.

But she didn’t quit. Even when it would’ve been easier.

That stayed with me.
I didn’t trust her. I recognized her. There’s a difference.

Q3: You were touched by the Spiral. What did it leave behind?

Glimlock calls it a glitch.
I call it memory without proof.

I remember a version of me who stayed in the ruins.
Another who followed Hargrum.
One who never met Kainen.

They all feel real.

But the only version that breathes is the one who started walking.

I still hear them sometimes. In dreams.
They’re not angry.
Just… watching.

Q4: What would you tell someone who feels like they came from nothing?

That’s where most of the strong ones come from.

The Pattern doesn’t start clean. It starts tangled.

If you’re waiting for permission to change course, you’ll rot in the waiting.

Move. Even if you don’t know where.
Especially if you don’t.

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