An elderly woman in a star-stitched coat holds a glowing lantern among floating lanterns in a night meadow.

A Gentle Keeper of Hearts

The Listener

At the edge of the valley, where the mountains touched the sky, lived an old woman no one could quite explain.

Some said she could hear worries before they were spoken.

Others said her lantern could shine into places even sunlight couldn’t reach.

Stories they keep company