The Pebble Ring Observatory

Nera

“A chair-tall figure in a patched slate coat, with bright silver goggles and a pencil tucked behind one ear, standing beside a brass telescope as silver pebbles sparkle around her feet.”

Nera is a moon-born mapmaker who stands as tall as a chair and spends her evenings tracing the wandering pebbles as if they were messages. She is careful, sharp-eyed, and a little theatrical, with a talent for noticing patterns that others step right past.

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Where you've met them

The Pebble Ring Observatory

Pip and the Pebble Line

At the Pebble Ring Observatory, Pip notices the moon’s silver pebbles rolling in a line toward the door instead of drifting as they usually do. When the warm pebbles stop at the threshold, the three children realize the Observatory itself may be trying to point them toward something hidden inside.

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