The waves of transformation that had been spreading across that foreign world finally began to give shape to something truly new.
It was no longer merely curiosity about another realm, or fear of what change might bring.
Instead, a generation was slowly growing up, shaped by a way of thinking entirely different from the world that existed before them.
Sophia could feel that shift with increasing clarity through the faint connection linking the two worlds.
And the more deeply she perceived it,
The greater the concern that grew within her heart.
Sophia stood in silence, watching the flowing streams of light woven throughout the network of their new world.
Its rhythm remained steady, yet the emotions moving within it felt heavier and more burdensome than ever before.
"They are beginning to lose their way," she said softly.
Beside her, Adrian Blackwood observed the stability of the bond between the two worlds, his gaze sharp and focused.
