Chapter 105: The Library of Living Echoes
Their month in Lys was not like any education they had ever known. There were no classrooms, no set lectures. Learning happened through immersion, through guided attention, in a place where knowledge was not stored in books alone, but in the very air, the water, the carefully tended structures.
They were given a small, graceful dwelling that curved out over the lagoon, its walls semi-translucent, allowing the soft, ever-present light to wash through. The first lesson was in perception. A young Lysian named Nerian, with hair the colour of seafoam and a patient demeanor, taught them to "listen with more than ears."
