# Spending Echo Tokens

You begin play with **3 Echo tokens**. These represent moments of clear psychic connection across distance. Spend them to:

- **Ask a Direct Question** (1 token): Your fragment can break the fourth wall and ask the other player directly about their Windcaller's intentions, feelings, or past. They must answer honestly in their next fragment.

- **Contradict a Memory** (1 token): Reveal that something previously established was wrong, misremembered, or changed. The other player must acknowledge this contradiction in their response.

- **Invoke a Shared Echo** (2 tokens): Create a moment where both Windcallers experience the same vision, sound, or sensation simultaneously—the only true communion in the game.

When you spend a token, mark it off on your character sheet. Both players track their own tokens separately.

**Gaining Tokens:**

You regain 1 Echo token when:

- You complete a ritual described in a previous fragment
- You answer a question left unanswered for 2+ cycles
- The other player explicitly acknowledges a truth you revealed
- A Storm Event occurs (see below)

You cannot exceed 3 tokens at any time.