Sean stopped before the fence.

Eljara almost walked past him.

Eljara:
What?

Sean nodded toward the valley.

Sean:
Planting day.

Below them the agri-complex was already awake. Massive crawlers moved slowly through the soil, opening long dark lines across the fields. Workers followed behind them carrying sealed containers of seed stock.

Wind moved through the valley.

Wet earth.

Metal.

And something faintly sweet from the distant processing towers.

Eljara leaned against the railing.

Eljara:
It looks… peaceful.

Sean scratched his beard.

Sean:
That’s the trick.

Eljara looked sideways.

Eljara:
The trick?

Sean pointed down toward the workers.

Sean:
Humans like spring.

Eljara:
Because winter ends.

Sean nodded.

Sean:
Because life comes back.

He gestured toward the fields.

Sean:
Seeds.
Animals.
Children.

Eljara watched the workers kneeling beside the furrows.

Eljara:
Birth.

Sean:
Exactly.

For a moment they said nothing.

The crawlers hummed slowly across the land, their engines deep and steady like distant thunder.

Eljara:
You know what I find strange?

Sean:
Only one thing?

Eljara smirked slightly.

Eljara:
They still bless the seeds.

Sean followed her gaze.

Near the edge of the field a priest of the Imperial Creed stood beside a small shrine. A censer swung slowly over the containers before they were opened.

Sean:
Of course they do.

Eljara:
But the crops are engineered.

Sean:
Yes.

Eljara:
The weather is controlled.

Sean:
Yes.

Eljara:
Orbital stations regulate rainfall.

Sean shrugged.

Sean:
Humans don’t bless machines.

Eljara watched the priest finish the ritual.

Eljara:
They bless what they hope will grow.

Sean nodded once.

Sean:
Exactly.

The seed containers opened.

Workers began pouring small dark grains into the soil.

Eljara:
How many people does this world feed?

Sean thought for a moment.

Sean:
Several hive worlds.

Eljara frowned.

Eljara:
Billions then.

Sean:
At least.

The crawlers began sealing the soil again.

The movement repeated across the entire valley — long rows closing one after another.

Eljara watched the pattern.

Eljara:
Spring used to mean life.

Sean:
It still does.

Eljara shook her head.

Eljara pointed toward the distant processing towers rising above the fields.

Eljara:
Now it means production.

Sean rubbed the back of his neck.

Sean:
You’re not wrong.

Wind moved across the soil again.

Machines continued their endless march.

Eljara watched the workers bend down again and again, planting seeds by hand between the crawler lines.

Eljara:
Still…

Sean looked at her.

Eljara:
There’s something stubborn about it.

Sean:
About what?

Eljara nodded toward the workers.

Eljara:
That humans still do this.

Sean followed her gaze.

Hands placing seeds.

Soil closing again.

Over and over.

Sean smiled faintly.

Sean:
That instinct is older than the Imperium.

Eljara:
Older than Terra?

Sean shook his head.

Sean:
Older than cities.

Eljara watched the valley.

Eljara:
You think it ever disappears?

Sean looked across the endless farmland.

Sean:
No.

Eljara:
Even here?

Sean nodded slowly.

Sean:
Especially here.

The crawlers moved forward again.

Behind them the soil closed.

And somewhere beneath the earth, silent and unseen,

millions of small lives had just begun.

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