Before him lay the linden wood—a portrait of taking shape, not just in form, but in spirit.
The air in the 6umen workshop hung thick with incense and sawdust, smelling of old pine and timeless devotion. Ico, known to the village as Brat (Brother), sat hunched over the workbench, his calloused hands maneuvering a chisel with delicate precision.
In this corner of the world, icons were not just art—they were bridges. And Ico was their builder.
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