Where to go?

Previously

…As she walked, the stone Eldrin had given her felt warm in her pocket. She thought of his words: "The map does not point to a destination; it illuminates the journey." And she thought of the question that had started it all: "Where to go?" Perhaps, she mused, the answer wasn't a single place, but a direction. A direction of growth, of discovery, of becoming. Linda gave a soft chitter, as if agreeing. Elena smiled. She wasn’t entirely sure where she was going, but for the first time, the uncertainty felt less like a void and more like an open, inviting space. The adventure had truly begun.