Time

In the world of The Old Tree That Sleeps (Trader of Stories), people describe the passage of time differently than we do.

-A Blossoming is somewhere between a week and a generation (Willow often downplays how long things take).

-A Breath is a day, and "last breath" would mean yesterday.

-A Shadow is a night.

Terms like "dusk" and "morning" are still used around ForestBed.

 Context examples: 

"That was a long Shadow. I'm shaking like a leaf. Can't focus at all." - Juni

"His family has been supplying me with tea for Blossomings." "For, um... generations." -Willow and Gofung

"What are you doing here Little Willow? I told you to take a couple of Breaths off and rest. We can handle the nursery." - Ticordata

In Bell's Heart, Myosotis' journal reads: "The Breath is a bright glow moving around the Great Oak. It is also used to divide time. When a[n] entire circle is made, we call it a Breath. The place where the glow hits is warm and bright. The other side is dark and cold, and we call it a Shadow. Once every few Breaths, the tree blooms flowers. We call that a Blossoming."

-from this we can determine that a Blossoming is only a "few" days long... possibly a week or a month. If it were as long as a year, | (spoiler) our main character would be at least 45 years old by the end of Chapter 2, with no apparent age change |

[e/n: motion to move this page to it's own category, as it applies to all the games, not just TOS:Ch1? ]