Ligilia Reforged

It is difficult to explain what I saw at the Vigil. It was... nothing and everything at the same time. An endless beach, but without waves or wind. Something was calling me from the horizon, but there was no path, only the echo of my own steps.
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They look human, but they are more robust, as if their bodies were designed to bear a greater load. They have greeted me with distrust, but not hostility. They speak a language I do not understand, although some seem to use a kind of common expresions that sounds like something learned, as if it were their second language.
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It's hard not to compare Ligilia to Earth. Everything here seems more alive, but also more fragile. People have told me stories of the Ash Tides and the Crystal Tempests. These natural disasters sound terrifying, but they don't fear them; they accept them as part of the balance of their world.