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"You are in the heart of the garden."
The Supreme Sovereign's voice was soft, melodic, like the gentle flow of water over smooth stones. She sat across from Cael, her dark blue hair cascading over her shoulders like a waterfall of midnight silk. Strands of silver intertwined with the blue, catching the golden light like threads of starlight. Her golden eyes were warm and unreadable, holding depths of wisdom that seemed to stretch across eternity, carrying the weight of countless ages.
The garden around them was alive with color—flowers of every hue bloomed in perfect harmony, their petals catching the golden light like fragments of stained glass. Some petals shimmered with an inner luminescence, pulsing faintly as if they were breathing.
