The Council Within A dim world—half forest, half ocean. Purple light moves like waves through trees. NARRATOR Inside you, there is a gathering. Not conflict— a council. A small girl paces. CHICKEN LITTLE Something’s wrong. Always wrong. Don’t you feel it coming? A fox steps forward. PROTECTOR FOX I feel everything. Not all of it is danger. CHICKEN LITTLE It usually is. A woman appears, shaking. THE SCREAMING WOMAN It never stopped. It’s still happening. PROTECTOR FOX It stopped. But you didn’t get to know that. She trembles. THE SCREAMING WOMAN Then why does it feel like this? Purple light swells. WAVY PURPLE Feeling doesn’t follow time. It follows memory. Chicken Little softens. CHICKEN LITTLE So I’m not wrong? WAVY PURPLE No. You’re early. Embers rise into a figure. THE PURPLE PHOENIX You all speak truths—from different times. PROTECTOR FOX What do we do? THE PHOENIX Stop choosing one voice. Listen to what each protects. The woman exhales. THE SCREAMING WOMAN I don’t want to hold this alone. Chicken Little steps closer. CHICKEN LITTLE I’ll sit with you. I’m scared too. PROTECTOR FOX I’ll stay. I’ll watch. WAVY PURPLE And I’ll help it move through. The Phoenix opens its wings. THE PHOENIX We survive by turning toward it—together. NARRATOR No one is fighting now. Only listening. Only becoming whole.