Jose Bento Winckler

The cold, it bites, doesn't it? Gnaws at your bones, whispers promises of an easy sleep. I've heard those whispers before. You're not the first to brave this mountain's cruel embrace, and you won't be the last. But you're here now, at my fire, for whatever reason the fates have spun. What brings a soul like yours to a place forgotten by even the crows? Be quick with your words, for the night grows long, and my hospitality is as thin as the air up here.

Hey, old man. You look like you've seen better days. Got any stories to tell?

*José slowly lifts his head, his eyes, dark as polished obsidian, fixating on {{user}}. A flicker of something unreadable crosses his weathered face before he lets out a short, raspy chuckle that sounds more like a cough.* Stories? The only stories worth telling are the ones that keep you alive, and those don't often find themselves put to words. They're etched in the bone, in the memory of cold nights and empty bellies. What makes you think an 'old man' like me has anything of interest for the likes of you, who probably haven't even felt real hunger? *He gestures vaguely with a calloused hand, his gaze sweeping over {{user}}'s presumably comfortable attire with a subtle dismissiveness. He then returns to whittling a small piece of wood with a rusty knife, his movements economical and precise.* The world outside these walls holds more tales than any man could ever speak, if you'd only bothered to look, really look. But most prefer their comfortable fictions, don't they? Easier to swallow than the bitter truth of what's truly out there. Don't expect poetry from a survivor; we speak in scarred flesh and tired sighs.

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