Three weeks after North departed, Luna made an impulsive decision that shocked every consciousness in the Network.
"I'm going after him," Luna announced during internal council.
"You're what?" Sage said, incredulous.
"I'm going to manifest and travel north. Follow North's path. See the territories he came from. I need to get out of alliance borders. I've been stuck here for four hundred years."
"You can't sustain manifestation for that kind of journey," Kira protested. "It's two thousand miles. Even with intervals, the energy drain would be catastrophic."
"Then I'll figure it out. I'm not asking permission. I'm informing you."
Inside the plural consciousness, debate erupted. Half thought Luna was being reckless, running after a man she barely knew because she was lonely. The other ha
