In the dim corner of an old attic, where dust hung like quiet snowfall and time seemed to hold its breath, a shy mouse crept toward a forgotten wooden chest.
Its soft gray fur blended into the shadows, and its tiny paws made no sound on the floorboards.
But what caught its bright, cautious eyes wasn’t the chest itself—it was the brass lock affixed to the front, ornate and ancient, with curling scrollwork and a keyhole shaped like a teardrop.
The mouse paused a whisker’s breadth away, its nose twitching furiously, drawn by the faint scent of aged paper and sugar.
One trembling paw reached out to tap the cool metal, then quickly pulled back.
It crouched low, heartbeat fluttering like a leaf in wind, the lock towering over it like a sentinel.
In that moment, the mouse looked impossibly small—but in its quiet gaze shimmered a glint of wonder, the delicate bravery of one who dares approach mystery.
abstract vector fractal, wave function, Zentangle, 3d shading
ugly, tiling, poorly drawn hands, poorly drawn feet, poorly drawn face, out of frame, extra limbs, disfigured, deformed, body out of frame, blurry, bad anatomy, blurred, watermark, grainy, signature, cut off, draft, Humans
👌