The Clockmaker's Daughter

Sometimes, when the clock ticks, she hears echoes of... whispers, floating in the gears and cogs. It's like a song that never quite ends, just... looping. Her fingers trace the etched patterns... In the...

But why does she care? The hands, they _never_ stop moving. Yet, she stands still. Frozen... in this time tide. Was it the hourglass that lost its sand? Or was it him... the clockmaker calling her back, always back?

Tick. Tock. What's real and what's dream? Somewhere there's a world where clocks speak and the daughter answers. And in that world, voices echo without asking for permission to linger just a moment longer, before slipping...

The labyrinth of time, unexpected doors unlock and memories align not in straight paths but in... cur...