The Rule
May You be exalted in the earth.
His voice cracked with the final words, his body trembling with emotion.
And from all those present, the answer rose in one voice.
The final syllable of “Amen” echoed and fell into a reverent stillness, as though the air itself bowed in the room’s still hush. Samarth remained kneeling for a breath longer, his hands open in silent surrender. Then, slowly, with the help of Veer’s outstretched arm, he rose again to his feet — a man returned from blindness not just in sight, but in soul.