🛑 YOU ARE NOT THE MURDERER.

But you heard it. The knock. The breath. The chant.
And the mine heard you back.

Additional Backstory:

When you returned to the mines after Red’s death, you visited the old chapel cut into the rock near Shaft 13 — a place most forgot. There, scratched into a collapsed altar, you found this:

“He walks with three.
The seal is cracked.
They remember.”

You followed the crack with your fingers. Your badge buzzed against it — and cracked in half.
You still wear it. Red’s name is on the back.
You’ve never told anyone.

New Motivation:

You don’t want revenge. You want balance.
If the mine is waking up again, someone needs to be listening.

Clue You Possess:

• A broken badge with Red’s initials

• A partial chant, scratched on a hymnal:

  “One for fire, two for stone… three, for when you’re not alone.”

• A whisper only you’ve heard:

  “They’re still down there. Still cold. Still waiting.”

You haven’t spoken of it.
But you’ve started sleeping in your boots again.