====== Fasting ======

In the Bright Way, fasting consists of abstaining from solid foods. Fasting and other forms of self denial are considered highly sophontic (virtuous), as only a sophont would willingly deny their instincts for no immediate survival benefit.



Many drinks are traditionally dunk during fasts. Fermented Steadree fruit juice is very common, as are other thick filling beverages.



The four seasonal feasts as well as Great Kindling are preceded by a week of fasting. Minor feasts, such as those important to a local community or even feast days particularly dear to a specific person, are often preceded by smaller fasts of up to a day.



Such sophontic acts are the closest things the Bright Way has to the notion of sacrifices or offerings. The Light lacks nothing, and thus needs nothing from its creatures to sustain itself. However, if you are given a gift by a loved one, the best way to say thank you is to make good use of that gift. Exercising self-control through fasting is considered a good use of one's gift of sapience.



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