Seeking Knowledge · Dragon Village

Seeking Knowledge

The pulsing teal light of the egg filled Runi’s study, casting long, flickering shadows of gnarled thorns against his bookshelves. The object was no longer a mere astral construct; it had weight, temperature, and a presence that seemed to subtly warp the air around it.

Runi knew he had crossed a boundary few even dared to theorize. To manifest an object from the astral plane—the realm of pure thought—into the physical world of matter required more than just willpower; it required a perfect "anchoring."

Runi spent the following weeks submerged in ancient manuscripts and digital archives, seeking the mechanics of his own miracle. He discovered a concept known as "Vibrational Synchronization."

Most travelers return from the astral realm empty-handed because their physical bodies cannot resonate with the high-frequency energy of the Deep Astral. Runi’s success, he hypothesized, was due to three specific factors:

The Thorny Cage: The gnarled wood encasing the egg acted as a biological bridge—something living that could exist in both conceptual and physical states.
The Silver Cord Anchor: Runi had used his own life-tether as a high-tensile winch, essentially "suturing" the egg's essence into his own physical aura during the descent.
The Intent of the Egg: The dragon egg was not a passive object; it wanted to be real. It had used Runi as a conduit to pull itself into existence.

Over the next month Runi began "The Great Preparation." He moved the egg to a reinforced chamber, not to keep the dragon in, but to keep the sheer pressure of its birth from shattering the rest of his home. He surrounded the teal oval with null-conductors and resonance dampeners to stabilize the local reality.

He knew the day was coming. The teal veins in the egg were beginning to pulse with a rhythm that matched his own heartbeat perfectly. The thorny wood was beginning to glow with a faint, golden sap.

He was ready to go to any length. Whether it required traveling back into the Deep Astral to find a specific catalyst or sacrificing his own magical reserves to fuel the birth, Runi would not let this miracle fail. He was no longer just a practitioner; he was a guardian of a new kind of life.

Footnote: This is an opening for any and all who wish to coll-a berate.

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