Three years passed since Together chose to exist in defiant suffering. Three years of enduring. Three years of the community learning from Together's strength. Three years of Together becoming living symbol of choice over circumstance.But something unexpected was happening. Something gradual. Something profound.Together was changing. Not physically. Not externally. But internally. Fundamentally. Essentially.The three incompatible consciousnesses were adapting. Were learning to coexist. Were slowly, painfully, gradually finding harmony.Not through cure. Not through separation. Not through external intervention.But through time. Through necessity. Through sheer determination to make forced unity work.Progress noticed first. Progress, who served Together daily. Who attempted to ease suffering constantly. Who witnessed every moment of Together's existence."The screaming has decreased," Progress reported to the Council. "Not stopped. Not ended. But decreased. Together still suffers.
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