Sedimented Weight
Fingertips scrape against the grit of calcified silt and pressed ash to unearth a heavy shard buried beneath the stall's floorboards. The uneven strata reveal microscopic fractures that mimic growth rings in petrified timber, tracing every pressure ever exerted upon the stone. This jagged hematite remnant sits cold and solid in the palm, proving that what endures is built from the weight of everything that came before.