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Looks to the Moon to Abundant Perspective
LttM: Have you completed your inspections and censuses?
AP: It is with honor that I inform you that all my inspections have been completed. At your request, I will humbly relay to you the most recent population and ecological data of my local region.
LttM: Forget those lengthy formalities. I’m barely your elder, and regardless, we’re iterators, not counselors. What is the status of your citizens and the nearby residence?
AP: My citizens are doing well, although I’m receiving a growing number of complaints about my rain from the residence. They act as though a request from a high enough house will force me to stop breathing. Perhaps they should have considered this when choosing the location of my foundations.
LttM: We both know they had little foresight in that regard. In your case, I believe the river they selected was somewhat of an inspired thought.
LttM: Have you found something of note? Are your water levels stable?
AP: I have no concern for my long term access to water. Surprisingly little in fact.
AP: The level of my river has been dropping steadily over the past cycles. As of yet it is still within precedented levels, but if this trend continues the infrastructure relying on it will cease to function.
AP: Yet my own supply has not been affected. In fact, the available water in my region has been increasing, with only one explanation. The rain my neighbors and I are producing has begun to alter the water table in unexpected ways. Am I right to believe that is the reason you contacted me?
LttM: You are correct. I believe that we are about to experience an ecological change of enormous scale. The start of a new Cycle. Our citizens will have to accept that in this new world some things aren’t under the control of an esteemed house.
AP: I find it difficult to believe they will adapt quickly to this new state of things.