I. The Spheres of Reflection
When the first breath of light fell into the deep wells of time, it divided into three orbs — pale, dim, and dark.

The pale orb remembers what has not yet happened.
The dim orb carries the weight of all spoken names.
The dark orb is the silence between them, where thought dissolves into pattern.

To gaze upon the orbs without preparation is to invite their reflection inward; many who attempted this found their dreams orbiting them ever after.

I. The Spheres of Reflection
When the first breath of light fell into the deep wells of time, it divided into three orbs — pale, dim, and dark.

The pale orb remembers what has not yet happened.
The dim orb carries the weight of all spoken names.
The dark orb is the silence between them, where thought dissolves into pattern.

To gaze upon the orbs without preparation is to invite their reflection inward; many who attempted this found their dreams orbiting them ever after.

II. The Counting of Shadows
The keepers devised a system to measure the invisible drift between the orbs.

Each movement was marked not by distance, but by delay —
how long a thought lingers before becoming echo.

This interval they called Aethel, and one Aethel equals the time it takes a drop of still water to forget the sound that created it.

Their calendars are drawn in circles, three at a time, joined by faint sigils indicating sympathy and opposition.

III. The Diagram of Exchange

In the right-hand column lies the table of correspondences, where symbols of light and weight are balanced.

The horizontal lines denote rise; the vertical ones, remembrance.
When the symbols align diagonally, it is said the Veil of Dorlun becomes thin enough for messages to pass between sleeping minds.

Only the most disciplined keepers could read such alignments without losing distinction between their own memories and those of the world.

IV. Closing Invocation
“Measure not the light by its brightness,
but by the silence it leaves behind.”