Your decision to weave N'hava symbols into their religious understanding proves more complex than anticipated. Over several nights, you carefully create a series of signs that blend ancient warnings with familiar religious imagery. The crystalline formations beneath your clothes hum with energy as you work, their resonance adding an ethereal quality to each marking.

The town's reaction exceeds your expectations. By week's end, the Mormon elders have declared Kolob a sacred site requiring protection. They establish strict guidelines about approaching the area, drawing on both their own doctrine and the “divine signs” you've provided.

The professor attempts to continue his research but faces mounting resistance from the community. His scientific papers are quietly set aside in favor of religious interpretations. You watch as he struggles between his faith and his scholarly instincts, eventually choosing to respect the elders' decisions.

But this success carries its own complications. The young woman's sketches now circulate among the faithful, your carefully crafted warnings taking on meanings you never intended. Some interpret the signs as a call to establish a permanent religious presence near Kolob. Others see them as validation of deeper mysteries they wish to explore.

As you observe from the forest's edge, you realize you've gained powerful allies in protecting Kolob – but at what cost to truth, and to your own principles of guardianship?