The hum faded into quiet, and for a long while, nothing happened. No stars moved. No worlds turned. Even the Resonants stopped wandering. It was as if the whole universe was holding its breath, waiting to see what came next.
Then—slowly—something began to change.
Not through magic, not through grand explosions, but through awareness. The beings that had learned to love now started to understand. They looked at one another and realized that caring wasn't the end—it was the foundation.
Love had taught them to connect.
Now they would learn to build.
They began creating things not to fill emptiness, but to share meaning. They shaped worlds with purpose, formed communities between stars, and exchanged knowledge without fear. The Song had become something more than music now—it was a shared understanding, a language of cooperation.
