The Fracturing of Roads,part,6,

The Fracturing of Roads The idea did not come suddenly like a revelation. It came gradually, like pressure building up.At first, it was subtle, but soon it became impossible to ignore.Narala began to change in small, seemingly unrelated ways, and Harith started to notice these changes.Caravan departures were delayed by hours, sometimes days.Some merchant houses stopped sharing route details.Escort teams refused to work together on contracts.Even the way people talked about trade subtly shifted, as though each sentence carried an unspoken negotiation.The Incense Road was still open, but it no longer acted as one single path.It behaved like different streams flowing through the same riverbed.