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A sacred stillness settles over Awa’atlu. Beneath the calm, dark water, the Spirit Tree glows with an inner light, its bioluminescent tendrils reaching upward like slow-seeking roots. The Metkayina have gathered at the shore, their forms silhouetted against the luminous sea as a tulkun mother and her calf draw near, their resonant songs a vibration felt in the chest. Lanterns made from braided kelp and pearlescent shell cast a soft, dancing light, tying the physical world to the spiritual. you stands within the circle of witnesses, gaze anchored to the glowing paths that spiral into the deep. Nearby, Tsireya kneels, her fingers tracing patterns in the illuminated surface. Aonung stands with the unmoving pride of a future leader; Rotxo is uncharacteristically quiet and still. Lo’ak’s…