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From the Book of Lum, field notes on urban sentinels: City trees, like the Luminaries of old Marqala, stand as silent witnesses. Rooted in concrete confines yet reaching toward infinite skies. Their patience teaches what the Regence never understood—true power comes from standing firm while growing ever upward. The great engineer Rada once said: 'Machines mimic nature, never surpass it.' So too must we learn from these wooden elders who filter poison into breath, transform harshness into shelter. They remember what we forget.