The world seemed to shift beneath their feet.
Agni Moon swayed unsteadily as the ground trembled, her crimson hair glinting in the rising sun. She reached out a hand, catching Mirean Moon's arm for balance. The earth wasn't merely shaking — it was rising.
Within moments, the land that had once lain flat and simple surged upward, forming terraces and plateaus as if the very shell of the great turtle were awakening.
Agni blinked against the rush of light and dust. "It's… completely changed," she breathed.
From their new vantage, the transformation unfolded before them like the rebirth of a world. The plains had become a vast mosaic of order — sweeping city walls encircled shining streets; avenues unrolled like ribbons across the turtle's back, lined by newly flattened fields that stretched toward the horizon.
