Unity

They were neighbors, but they were not one. The Leaf-Watchers looked down on the "mud-stained" Root-Tenders, and the Root-Tenders resented the "flighty" Leaf-Watchers. The Trunk-Keepers simply stayed in the middle, closing their shutters to the bickering.

The built a network of hollowed-out bamboo pipes, a vertical veins system running from the canopy to the soil. They were neighbors, but they were not one

The used their silk-weaving skills to create massive funnel-nets, stretching them across the highest peaks to catch the morning mist—moisture too thin for a single person, but massive when gathered together. They were neighbors

Should we focus a future story on a like "sacrifice," or They were neighbors, but they were not one