Chapter 159: The Color of Persistence
The cove's summer became a season of creative dissonance. The harmonious work of the spring the nurturing of clear song lines, the growing of attuned hedges was systematically undone and replaced with something stranger, more primal.
Under Lyra's direction, the 'Living Wall' was no longer a defined barrier. It became a zone. Teams buried Resonant Nettle-seeds (a Guild discovery from the southern jungles) that would grow into plants emitting random, unpredictable frequencies a sonic itch impossible to locate or silence. They placed 'Echo-Drunk' stones, carved with spirals that trapped and reflected sound in nonsensical patterns, turning orderly sound into resonant gibberish.
