5/ The First Whisper: “Names, Not Realities”

“Why do you speak of Truth as if it were something fixed?” they asked the Keep’s guardians.

“Are not all laws and customs simply traditions created by men?”

“Perhaps these things once served a purpose, but surely, we must allow them to evolve.”

The elders of the Keep hesitated. They had always believed the First Principles were real and unchanging, but they were also learned men who valued reasoned debate.