News of Ling's fascinating discovery within the twenty-first realm reached Cloudreach during a season that Wuchen, still dedicated after all these years to the Comprehensive Archive's continued, careful growth, recognized as carrying particular, meaningful significance — the Archive's own careful count of documented, individual fallen soul reckonings, tracked faithfully since Bai Yun's original, foundational scholarship first began this considerable, ongoing record, had just crossed its own two-hundredth entry. "I want to properly mark this milestone," he told Suzu, during a significant, quiet conversation as this considerable achievement's full weight settled across his own careful, dedicated reflection. "Two hundred individual souls, Mother. Two hundred separate journeys toward genuine acceptance, each one documented, honored, and preserved within our family's continued, careful record." Suzu absorbed this significant, meaningful milestone with genuine, profoun