The silence within the Root Way was never truly empty. It was a layered, living quiet, composed of the faint, rhythmic hiss of water droplets hitting soft moss, the tectonic groan of ancient roots shifting a fraction of a millimeter every hour, and, of course, the melancholic melody drifting from the digital music box in Dayat's hand.
The song "Orange" by 7!! played softly, its acoustic guitar strings and clear vocals cutting through the stagnant, humid air beneath the Terragard Mountains.
"Chiisana kata wo narabete aruita... Nanimonai michi de waraiai nagara..."
