Welcome to the Proving Grounds, Potential.

“There you are. You looked taller on the paperwork.”

“You are standing at the first crossroads of H.E.A.L. Academy. This courtyard is where Potentials begin learning what the Academy has been trying to teach since long before either of us arrived.”

“See the four paths? Every road from this courtyard leads to one of the original Broken Guardians. They are scattered throughout the Academy, waiting for someone willing to learn what they could not.”

“Find them. Listen to their stories. Learn what broke them, what they protected, and what they eventually remembered.”

“You are not here to repair the Guardians. Their lessons are meant to help you uncover the pieces of yourself that were buried, borrowed, silenced, or forgotten.”

“Your job is to remember your own truth.”

“Do that, and you may eventually earn the right to call yourself a Guardian.”

“Try not to confuse wandering aimlessly with spiritual progress. It happens more often than the brochures admit.”