Chapter 26 — The Same Ground

STUB — to be drafted. POV: Lena · Location: the Tarn / a meeting point.

Lena and Arin finally stand on the same ground. It isn't a rescue; it never was — two people who each spent a lifetime sure the other took the easier road, finding they'd each carried half of the same weight. The Move/Stay exchange at human scale.

Carries: the reunion (not a rescue); sibling spine resolved. Withholds: whether the practice outlasts the crisis.