The Tiny Prince Alef

-Resh was able to change his physical size at will 500 years ago. He's currently stuck as a giant due to messing around too much with the Darkstone. That's sort of what you get for tampering with dark forces, eh? -Alef confirmed to be the oldest Sky Kid in existence at about 510-512 years old. -He has a few old scars on one of his arms from where Darkstone Shards embedded themselves into when it first exploded. They're very faint though and it doesn't bother him. -Tender Toymaker was the one who made Alef's precious plush manta (Resh still has it in his pocket) -When he travels back via the Vault Elder's Lantern, he's hit with a massive wave of nostalgia (remember, he was alive 500 years ago). However, none of the spirits recognize him as the Prince because... He takes on a different appearance (Tender Toymaker states that the Prince is at the castle with his father) and I'm working on a piece of art showing how he looks different. -And sorry for the lack of updates; life happened. I was fired from my extremely toxic job, almost did something reckless as a result, but now I'm working in a much better job and healing my mental health and getting back into writing and drawing.

So for the last few months, I've been very sick, both mentally and physically. I haven't been able to keep food down, I would get sick whenever I DID eat food, and it was taking a major toll on my mental health. Food is essential to living. It brings you nutrients and it also is supposed to be an enjoyable experience. I ended up having 3 surgeries before it was discovered that I was having a build-up of bacteria that needed antibiotics to treat. And it's actually worked. But I now run the risk of this bacteria building up again for the rest of my life. And I have to come to terms with that. And it hasn't been easy at all. I've had to give up a lot of foods that I enjoyed but can no longer eat them or I have to seriously minimize how much of it I can eat. I'm not proud to say it, but I had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a few days due to some not-so-nice thoughts. I've also been really busy with my IRL job, and the politics of my country are also taking a huge toll on my mental health. We run the very real risk of having a fascist dictator who actively hates women, the LGBTQ+, minorities, immigrants, democracy, etc. voted into the most powerful position in our country. His followers have been threatening violence and murder on anybody who opposes him. If worst comes to worst, I'll literally have no choice but to flee my home country. I've still been writing Alef stories, but they've been put on the backburner, unfortunately, due to all of these circumstances. I'm hoping I can get some real down time to maybe work on some Alef art or some short stories soon. I'm sorry for leaving everyone hanging and disappointed.