The air was thick with tension, a palpable weight pressing down on the sacred rainforest as Siti stood at the forest’s edge. The towering trees loomed like silent sentinels, their ancient boughs sheltering the land that had been the heartbeat of her people for generations. But tonight, the trees seemed weary, their leaves trembling in the unnatural breeze that had swept through the forest. A cold, mechanical hum reverberated through the earth, disrupting the age-old rhythms of the land.