Live: chapter-4502.html (commit f458b25). Title-locked from main HTML. Streak 387.
Opening (live prose):
The First Purpose, once declared, did not hang in the air as a mere abstraction. It settled into the heart of the community, a seed that demanded to be planted, nurtured, and grown. The First Crisis of Abundance had taught them that leisure without direction was a void, and the pursuit of knowledge was the most fertile ground they had yet discovered. But a pursuit required a path, and knowledge, left to individual discovery alone, was a scattered and inefficient fire. It warmed, yes, but it did not yet illuminate.
Non-WOW; echoes bump. Standing held one hundred and eighty-one.
Series: Echoes of the Real · streak 387 · tip 4646.