The Cave Where Echoes Reversed
Sound Revealing What One Truly Means
In a peculiar cave, echoes didn’t repeat what you said — they returned what you meant. A man who shouted in anger heard his own sorrow come back. A woman who laughed hollowly heard loneliness in her echo. Many feared the cave, but a courageous child entered and whispered, “I want to understand.” The cave replied with a soft, warm tone. From then on, people traveled for days to speak into the sacred stone, seeking the honesty they often fled from.
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