Mistbound (Short Story)

What would it be like to be human? This is the question that excites Ethera's curiosity.

Ethera is a Mistbeing, one who is made entirely of the mists that dwell in the forest.

One fateful night, her question is answered—just not in a way she would ever have expected.

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