Coherent Ideas

The reconstruction of Esperia after the Chaos War had raised an essential question: how could they finally ensure that such events would never happen again?

Until then, the five elements, each under its own sovereignty, had never stopped trying to outdo one another, at the expense of the weakest, the least fortunate, and above all, the ecosystem in which they all lived.

The need for coherence in the decisions they made had therefore become an obvious truth, shared by everyone since the discovery of the StarDust and the existence of the Shape of balance, Atma.

The task was far from easy, of course.

But the Espers had finally come to understand that this mission itself existed, something they had been unable to see because of their Shadow.

That Shadow, now revealed thanks to the StarDust, had gradually led them away from the reality of the situation.

They would therefore have to act together, taking into account the physical realities of the world on which they all depended.

It would require effort from everyone: reflecting on the values to pass on, educating not only the younger generations, but also establishing a process of self-questioning at the individual level.

For everyone bears a share of responsibility in a world that is shared by all and has its limits.

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