The Generation of Builders,part,11

The Covenant of the Crossroads did not change the desert all at once.There was no great miracle that turned Arabia into a place of instant peace.The sands did not suddenly form perfect paths, nor did all caravans start traveling in perfect unity.Wells still ran dry without warning.Sandstorms still erased familiar trails.Merchants still fought over prices, escorts still quarreled over routes, and tribal leaders still clung to the customs of their forefathers.The desert remained as wild and unpredictable as it had always been.Yet, something invisible had shifted.For the first time in many years, information moved through the land as consistently as incense carried across the dunes.When a caravan found a new spring after a rare rainy season, the news did not stay hidden.Riders spread the message to Narala, to