Chapter 127: The First Connections
The journey east was a pilgrimage through a healed world. Aurora traveled on horseback, following routes that were now well-marked by carved stones depicting the network's schematic glyph for "sanctuary" a circle with a welcoming gate. She stayed in villages and homesteads where the Practice was as natural as breathing. In one town, she shared a meal with a family who explained the lineage of every dish the cheese was from their aunt's meadow because the clover there was especially sweet; the bread was made with grain saved from the first harvest after the Unraveling, because they wanted its resilience in their bones.
