The Night That Became A Person

One evening, night grew curious about humans and stepped down from the sky in human form. It walked through cities and forests, marveling at how people created small pockets of brightness everywhere — streetlights, candles, glowing windows. Night realized humans did not fear darkness itself but the loneliness they associated with it. So night began visiting sleepers softly, wrapping them not in shadow but in comfort. Since then, dreams grew gentler, filled with stars that night carried secretly in its borrowed hands.