Sofia Lee Sapphire __top__ <PRO>

Sofia sighed and sat cross-legged on the floor. She pulled out the pendant first. The sapphire was the size of her thumbnail, set in tarnished silver. Once, her grandmother had told her it was the first stone ever mined by their ancestor, a Goryeo-era artisan who believed gems remembered everything they witnessed.

“You’re trying too hard,” the old woman said. “You’re trying to fix it. That’s not the work. The work is to listen .” sofia lee sapphire

The sapphire warmed.

“Hold it,” her grandmother said.

Inside, her grandmother sat by the window, knitting what looked like a scarf made of moonlight. She didn’t look up. Sofia sighed and sat cross-legged on the floor