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THE STORY OF THE COMET

When Levie was only a few days old, the village was still shaken.

The comet had failed to appear, and the elders were restless.

People whispered.

Some were afraid.

Some were confused.

Some believed something terrible was coming.

But before we follow Levie's childhood, you must understand why the comet mattered so much, and why its absence changed everything.

What the Comet Was

Long before Levie was born — thousands of years earlier — the ancestors of Zuwana woke up to a strange light in the sky.

A blazing silver streak.

Bright, strong, and peaceful.

The ancestors watched it pass once every hundred years.

The oldest stories said it wasn't just a star.

It was a messenger of the spirits, sent to check on the world.

The comet had three meanings:

1. It Blessed Newborns

Children born under the comet glow grew up with clear paths.

Some were destined for leadership.

Some for healing.

Some for protection.

Some for wisdom.

People believed the comet "wrote a line" on every newborn's soul.

A direction.

A purpose.

A path.

This is why parents prayed for their children to be born that night.

2. It Kept the Balance of the Land

When the comet appeared, the rivers stayed clean, the crops grew stronger, and fewer sicknesses spread.

It was a sign that the spirits still watched over the world.

When the comet did NOT appear…

No one knew what that meant.

No one was prepared for it.

3. It Separated the Human World from the Forgotten Ones

The elders believed the comet acted like a boundary.

A silver fence in the sky.

When it passed, it "closed the door" between the world of humans and the world of lost, forgotten spirits.

Without the comet…

That door might stay open.

This terrified the old ones more than anything.

Why the People Looked for It Every Century

As children grew up, they were raised to believe:

The comet is their protector.

The comet is their guide.

Without it, chaos could return.

So when the sky went quiet the night Levie was born, many believed:

"If the comet did not come… something else has replaced it."

No one wanted to say what that "something else" might be.

What the Comet Meant for Levie

As Levie slept in his mother's arms, the elders met in the Great Hut.

One of them spoke with a trembling voice:

"Every child has a destiny line… except this one. What happens to a person who has no direction from the comet?"

Another elder answered:

"He will grow without a future… or he will make his own future."

Another whispered darkly:

"He might become stronger than the comet itself."

Some feared him.

Some were curious.

Some wanted to control him.

Only Mala, his mother, simply wanted to protect him.

She didn't care if he had no destiny.

He was still her son.

A Whisper in the Sky

Three nights later, when everyone was asleep, Mala stepped outside with her baby.

The sky was still dark.

No comet.

No light.

Nothing.

But as she held Levie close, she heard something — something soft, like a breath of wind.

A whisper that said:

"He does not need me."

Mala froze.

Her heart pounded.

She looked down at her son.

Levie was smiling in his sleep.

The comet had bles

sed every child before him…

But Levie was the first child who did not need the comet at all.

And that made him something completely new.

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