Ashes of Reason

In the fictional nation of Kharad, a brilliant logician executes a meticulous plan to burn fragments of the Eternal Sutras, aiming to prove faith is a collective illusion. The desecration triggers a wave of communal violence and exposes a legal system designed to crush dissent, not deliver justice. As guilt consumes him, his perfect logic becomes a prison, and the faint glimmer of his remaining conscience flickers like phosphor in the city's grey cracks.