DISPATCH 06 – Liora

She Serves the Pattern, Not Its Rules

Q1: You walked away from becoming Loomkeeper. Why?

Because the Loom is not the only Thread worth holding.

I had the position, the training, the path laid in silk.
I also had Kainen.

People talk about legacy as if it’s a crown you inherit.
They forget it’s also a weight.

I chose the weight I wanted to carry.
For a time, it was him. And the home we built in the Reach.

Q2: And when the Factory fell?

I didn’t choose to leave.
The Pattern pulled. The Loom needed hands it trusted.

I followed, because if I stayed, I would’ve been one more Thread cut in the collapse.

That doesn’t make it easier for the ones I left behind.
Especially the children.

The Pattern’s logic is not a comfort.
It’s only an explanation.

Q3: You’ve been called unconventional for someone aligned with the Loom. True?

True enough.

The Loom teaches patience. I believe in timing. They aren’t the same.

Convention says you wait for every Thread to be in place before you act.
I say you move when the Pattern hesitates, because hesitation is how frays become tears.

I’ve been wrong before.
I’ve also been right when no one else would risk trying.

Q4: If you could speak to Elen and Caio now?

I would tell them that absence is not the same as abandonment.
That I carried them in my mind through every step in the Loom’s halls.

And that they will understand one day, not because they forgive me, but because they will face the same kind of choice.

When that happens, I hope they choose in a way that keeps them whole.