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Elara smiled. “That’s the thing about unity,” she said. “It doesn’t erase your differences. It just gives you a reason to stand on the same ground.”

“We need to bind the island,” Elara told the Conclave of Deans. “Not with magic or steel. With a shared purpose. A highered unity .” higheredunity

The seven notes merged. Not perfectly—it was scratchy, hesitant, full of old grudges. But they held . The rift flickered. Living roots from Rynn’s hands, guided by Juna’s clockwork lattice, wove into the stone. Mira’s alchemy turned the anti-matter into harmless light. Kael’s map showed Dorn exactly where to brace. Vex’s equations made the rift forget it had ever existed. Elara smiled

Theo, the Lore apprentice, remembered Elara’s last words: “Unity isn’t agreement. It’s a shared wound that heals better together.” It just gives you a reason to stand on the same ground

So he did something reckless. He sat down in the middle of their bickering and began to sing the Binding Hymn—alone, off-key, in a language no one else understood.