The Vow Arc

THE FLAME

What it was: the courthouse pen. Whose it was: the clerk who signed fifty years of weddings and never smudged one. Its stream burns this color in the night — and whatever the flame, every muerto it calms still warms to marigold on the way home.

IN THE HAND

Short reach, fierce grip — get close and hold on.

THE CLAIM

Carried by 0x15fa…3393 since September 23, 2026. One glimjack, one Arc — this one is spoken for.