Action and inaction…two sides of existence's most fundamental choice.
Sometimes taking action leads to glory, advancement, transformation. Other times, doing nothing proves equally wise, even salvatory.
Existence itself seemed built on this paradox: that movement and stillness could both be the correct answer, depending on circumstances invisible until after the choice was made.
Consider the tale few knew of the one who would become Duke Whisker, though at the time he was merely an Honored Living Existence among many.
Years ago, when the boundaries between Folds were less defined and travel between them more common, Whisker had faced such a choice.
A delegation had come to him…dozens of winged mice, each one bearing the stellar light that marked them as Honored Living Origins.
They were of the Astral Rodentia lineage, an ancient bloodline that traced its origins back to the Earliest Folds.
