The dining hall transformed as the evening's entertainment began. Overhead lighting crystals dimmed to a soft azure glow while performers in flowing blue robes glided into the central space between the tables. Water spirits accompanied them—elegant beings of living liquid that spiraled through the air in patterns that defied gravity.
The Triumvirate watched with genuine fascination as the dancers moved in perfect synchronization with their spiritual partners. Unlike the forced binding they'd witnessed elsewhere, this was true cooperation, the spirits choosing their movements, the humans adapting and flowing with their choices.
"Beautiful," Osa murmured, his healing senses picking up the harmony between human and spirit performers.
"The Water Dance represents our domain's founding principles," Princess Liyana explained to the assembled guests. "Partnership, trust, and the understanding that true beauty comes from willing cooperation rather than forced compliance."
