Prologue
The world is but a web of invisible threads, woven by unseen hands, yet all things are connected:
light and shadow, past and future, the living and the very breath of things.
Every word, every gesture, every thought leaves a mark that not even time can erase.
Some seek the light as one seeks a safe path, while others plunge into shadow, drawn by what they cannot understand.
But there is no absolute light, nor total darkness: everything is a balance, unstable and fragile.
To perceive the connections that bind the world is to understand that strength lies not in power, but in harmony,
and in the ability to respect the fragile order of all that lives.