Two hundred years of history can't be explained in a few words, especially since the survivors on this planet have not only forgotten the language of the United Human, but have even lost the written script.
However, to Night Ten's surprise, even though these Forest People are almost "illiterate," they have still managed to record their culture and history using their own methods.
It is a series of cracks carved at the base of the Sacred Tree, the sharply defined patterns crawling over every inch of the "Temple" walls.
Like a mural.
Initially, Night Ten thought those patterns were naturally formed designs, until he witnessed with his own eyes the sharply defined lines slowly grow with his arrival.
It seemed to be happening simultaneously, making it hard to distinguish which came first.
Just like the phenomenon he encountered in the HyperSpace Passage...