Sky Temple hadn’t been rebuilt. When Nideke returned from their communion with the spirits, they suggested it would be better to keep the temple open to the night sky at all times. They had reasoned it would be easier to consult the stars in times of spiritual strife, but later, they pulled Masanori aside to joke about how, the next time the spirits fought over a Path candidate, they couldn’t do as much damage.
The crowd assembled to witness the conclusion to Ichika’s Path ceremony was twice as large as the regular event. They stuffed themselves shoulder to shoulder at the long tables and crowded the walls of the temple, packed into the hall so that only the central pathway was cleared. It went to say that all people, including the reserved Ishoki, were drawn to spectacles and irregulari
