Their father settled cross-legged onto his own cushion before them, his back straight and dignified. Then he raised his hand, and water condensed from the air itself, gathering into gleaming droplets that hung suspended before them like stars.
"Today's lesson will be about our world," he said, as the droplets began to merge and flow, forming a floating, inverted, three-dimensional pyramid divided into five distinct sections. The water caught the afternoon light, casting prismatic shadows across their faces. His gesture directed attention to the pyramid's narrow point at the bottom. "We are here, in the lowest realm. This is known as the Mystic Veil Realm. Though spiritual energy may flow more abundantly in the higher realms, this domain at the pyramid's foundation matches them in vastness."