Location: Hall of Remembrance, Zhū'kethara
Date/Time: 23–24 Emberrise, 9939 AZI
Realm: Demon Realm (Upper Realm)
The crystal matrix was cold.
Ren felt it from the observation ledge above the Hall's main floor — not through touch, not through the Common Path, but through the particular quality of silence that settled over a room when something sacred was about to be attempted. Vaelith had spent three days adapting the process. Three days of no sleep, her truemate bringing food she forgot to eat, her vivid green-gold eyes burning with the specific intensity of a healer who had found a question worth answering.
The question: could mixed-bloods create blood crystals, not merely read them?
