You choose to share the symbols and rituals while keeping the deeper powers hidden. Working with both communities, you help establish new traditions that will protect Kolob without revealing its true nature. The young woman's sketches become the basis for sacred markers, while the tribal elder's stories blend with settler beliefs to create powerful psychological barriers.

Through dreams and subtle influences, you guide them in establishing festivals and observances that coincide with important energy fluctuations in the Life Stream. They don't need to understand why these dates matter – only that they must be honored. The professor's scientific observations are gently directed toward documenting these traditions rather than explaining them.

The Heartstone's energy flows through these new customs, strengthening them in ways your human allies sense but don't fully comprehend. Their ceremonies, though simplified, still serve to maintain the boundaries between mundane and sacred spaces.

One clear morning, you watch from the forest as the two communities come together to mark their first shared observance. Their combined rituals, though far removed from N'hava practices, still manage to create a shimmer in the Life Stream. They have become custodians of mystery rather than masters of power – perhaps exactly what this age needs.

The old ways will survive, hidden in plain sight.