Shared Prosperity

Cha Cha, Guruko’s little platypus companion, continued to reflect and write every day.

His journey so far had been rather chaotic, but it was precisely what had allowed him to develop his current vision of the world as a whole.

He had grown up in the country of the lightning element, but both of his parents were originally from the country of the water element.

Indeed, there was once a time when the water element was not truly associated with wisdom. On the contrary, internal conflicts were widespread, which is why his parents’ family had decided to leave and try their luck elsewhere.

That elsewhere became the country of the lightning element, which had a reputation for being welcoming.

But reality was not quite so accurate.

Cha Cha was very different from the others and endured the mockery of his classmates. Yet he managed to rise above it, though the feeling that he was not “at home” had begun to grow.

Little by little, he became increasingly drawn to the country of the wind element, and that was where he met Guruko.

In his writings, he often spoke about how luck plays a major role in the path of a life. Indeed, being exposed to different elements had allowed him to develop a broader vision of the world.

And his conclusion at that moment was clear. The differences between the elements were still poorly understood, but shared prosperity among all elements was the solution worth considering. For at the scale of an individual, developing all of one’s elements made it possible to reveal their StarDust…

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