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Light a candle to signal the shift from the world to the self.
That night, Elara began her own Nova Ritual. She cleared a small space on her desk—just a candle, the crystal, and a notebook. She followed the steps the woman had written on a small card: nova_ritual
"You're looking for your light," the woman said, not as a question, but as a fact. Light a candle to signal the shift from
