Should we focus a future story on a like "sacrifice," or
One summer, the Great Drought hit. For months, not a single drop of rain fell. Should we focus a future story on a
The village of Oakhaven was built around a tree so large its roots served as the town’s foundation and its canopy as the sky. For generations, the village was split into three distinct guilds: the , who lived in the dark soil and managed the water; the Trunk-Keepers , who carved homes into the bark and built the structures; and the Leaf-Watchers , who lived in the heights, harvesting sunlight and rain. For generations, the village was split into three
The built a network of hollowed-out bamboo pipes, a vertical veins system running from the canopy to the soil. and the Leaf-Watchers
It was Elara, a young Trunk-Keeper, who stood in the central plaza where the three levels met.