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You wake in the early morning. Songbirds call in greeting to one another. You emerge from your tent to breathe the cool air, but instead of your campsite, you find yourself somewhere else entirely: standing before the wide mouth of the terravore, the great biomeld to the east. The birds go quiet, and the air grows still. Then you hear strange, unfamiliar animal sounds—or perhaps those of a biomeld—coming from within the terravore’s cavernous interior.

You sense that you’ve found yourself in a vision projected into your mind by Spirit Speaker Nal from her chambers within Lone Tree Station, the animal sounds an invitation to follow. With curiosity, you step into the maw.

Once inside, you emerge into a grotto. At its center is a large, flat boulder. Thick green moss grows on its surface, and there, in a pool of sunlight, you see the biological outpost in miniature. The small forms of its inhabitants go about their business, collecting samples, rehabilitating wildlife, and other, more mundane tasks. Your eye settles on Sirisana Mir, the Valley’s self-proclaimed resident biologist. You hear her murmuring in a tiny voice befitting her miniature form, but you can’t make out the words. She is clearly perturbed.

You hear the strange animal sounds again, louder and closer. You wheel to face them, then wake with a start.

You clear the sleep from your eyes, Nal’s psychic message received. You must journey to the biological outpost and speak with Sirisana Mir. Something stirs within the terravore.

Gain the CALLED TO THE OUTPOST mission.

Head to the biological outpost to check in with Sirisana Mir and her apprentice, Tiella.