Fracture

The Battle of Jotnar Valley was over and won. But at what cost?
You can count the dead or you can count the living. But, life goes on.
Slakter's army was on the run, left in disarray. And our home was safe. My wife and child were safe. So, life goes on, right? But tonight, I found Professor Irons at my door—distressed, faint, but very much alive.
Count the living or count the dead—but she was among the dead. So, how is she back?
She begged me for help. All the questions about the Stone of Remembrance left unanswered. All the decisions and deceptions from Mother Moon left unanswered.
Professor Irons can't be alive. But she stared into my face and gave an ominous warning: "They are coming for all of us."
So. Life goes on.