The next morning, Aria met with the Lakeshire delegation. Sorin was there, along with Marcus, Skylar, and a fourth healer Aria had not met before. A woman named Vera who specialized in theoretical frameworks for gift work.
"The joint presentation is brilliant," Sorin said after they had exchanged greetings. "It demonstrates exactly what we have been arguing. That collaboration produces better results than isolated expertise."
They spent three hours coordinating their presentation. Aria would present the foundational restoration techniques and the teaching approaches that had proven successful across multiple territories. The Lakeshire healers would present the advanced research they had conducted together. Strengthened pathways, early detection methods, the theoretical framework Vera had been developing.
