BENEATH A SKY OF THORNS

The stars hung low in the sky, casting shifting shadows across the land. A chill wind whistled through the barren trees, their branches tangled towards the heavens like skeletal fingers. Within this desolate landscape, a forgotten figure trudged. Their footsteps were soft, swallowed by the whispering thorns that enveloped the ground. Each thorn was

Culture sometimes finds itself cloaked in a veil of morality. This mantle, woven from ideals, functions to direct our actions. Yet, beneath this apparent veil, a complex reality often exists. Individuals are influenced by a spectrum of factors, some acceptable and others hidden. This meeting point of morality and free will can give rise to a compl