Chapter 3610: The Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Echo: A Beautiful Cage

But as the tapestry grew, so did the questions. It was Kaelen, the former Stone-Speaker, who voiced the first heresy of the loom.

“This world we weave,” he asked, his voice a quiet dissonance in the hum of creation, “is it a reflection of the Real, or is it a beautiful cage?”

The question, once spoken, could not be un-spoken. It hung in the air, a single, discordant thread in their perfect tapestry.

For the first time since they had begun their silent work, the Weavers stopped. Some looked at Kaelen with fear, others with a dawning, dangerous curiosity.