Chapter 134: The Lens Deepens
The dialogue through the Resonant Lens became the heartbeat of the northern mountains. Every new moon, the ritual was observed with a reverence that blended science and sacrament. Guild members would make careful adjustments to the massive schematic adding a glyph for a new concept developed in the Linua councils, refining a line to better represent a nuanced relationship, or even posing a direct, luminous question in the silent language of light and stone.
And Echo-Ven would answer. Its responses were never mere repetitions. They were interpretations. A question about the nature of "boundary" might be answered with a light-play that showed a cell membrane, a mountain range, and the shimmering edge of the containment field around the Silence, all linked by the same shimmering, permeable glyph. It was teaching them that its understanding was holistic, seeing the same essential patterns in biology, geography, and metaphysics.
