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Still Life
Page 28
The Prophets of Pause teach that silence is the most sacred verse of all.
The Cosmic Chorus
Though each tribe sings its own song, they believe the universe listens as a whole. When a child is born, the stars shimmer in the rhythm of their tribe's verse. When someone dies, their final breath is woven into the planetary refrain.
There is no war, only dissonance. And dissonance is not punished, but harmonized, like Charlie Parker’s flats, an acquired taste. Tribes send emissaries called Discordants to other lands, not to convert, but to confuse. Confusion is holy. It births new metaphors.