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Chapter 40: The First Remembering Festival
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Location: Midreach Realm – Whispering Hollow PlazaSystem Status: Stabilizing through Collective Action Harmony Index: 88% → 91% (Projected)

The plaza buzzed with motion. Not the kind of chaos born from fear—but the woven hum of purpose.

Candles were being lit by hand. Stones arranged in spirals. Threads of memory tied to willow branches. Children carved names into clay while elders told stories under twilight’s embrace.

It wasn’t a military operation. It was a ritual. A collective remembering.

Aiden — Weaving the First Thread

Aiden stood on a raised platform made of mirrored glass and softroot wood. The system interface shimmered in front of him, projecting diagnostics and belief pulses.

[Event: The First Remembering Festival]

Objective: Anchor Shared Identity. Delay Conceptual Drift.

Participation Threshold: 61% of Settlement.

Status: 48% and rising.

Ilsa appeared beside him, face flushed from effort and dust. “Some of the younger ones keep asking if this is a trick,” she said. “They
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