A mousy pilgrim trudges through an overgrown square. Tiny attendants skitter underfoot ferrying hunks of oldstone and what other scraps their little tools could salvage. Vines crawl up the structures around her, an entire ecosystem built on what was left behind by those who came before, if you believe the ringwalkers.

When someone dies, their ashes must be carried to Mountain's summit or their spirit remains trapped in the physical plane, unable to take its place among the stars that cross the skybridge. Nobody understands this better than our pilgrim, but the chatty mouse is an inexperienced traveler. Fortunately for her, one climber remains to guide pilgrims through mountain's perils, especially as the days grow colder and the nights.

This new sci-fi short from EMILY RIESBECK and BITMAP PRÄGER tells the endurating story of loss, grief, and the journey of friendship. Prager's breathtaking colors and painted atmospheres pair with Riesbeck's heartfelt writing to bring you Pilgrim, an eccentric little mouse-girl, and Climber, the quiet type, to say the least.