Silence returned to the ghat. The crowd stared. Aarav stood alone, surrounded by fading embers,...

Silence returned to the ghat. The crowd stared. Aarav stood alone, surrounded by fading embers, his hands trembling—not from power, but from fear. “What am I?” he whispered. The fire slowly disappeared, leaving only the night air and the river flowing calmly as before. But something had changed forever. That night, in the city of fire, AGNI was born.