Once the foragers of knowledge in Verdantia abandoned discernment, their decline was not immediate, but inevitable. The poison they had ingested did not kill them outright—it worked slowly, subtly, dismantling their ability to think clearly before they even recognized what had happened.
At first, they laughed at the warnings of the elder foragers. Then, …
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