A Traveler's Fugue

A young boy discovers himself in a forest road with no memory of who he is or how he got there. It's the dead of winter and something in the shadows is looming over him, but hope comes in the form of a mischievous forest spirit with a bright inner light. Adopting the name Nemo, he vows to follow the spirit home and reunite with his family, who unbeknownst to him are grieving their missing son. Along the way, though, he'll encounter obstacles that force him to examine who he really is and who he wants to be, and maybe come out of this ordeal stronger for having gone through it.

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