Editing Black Heath (section)

=== The Tap ===
Consuming refined Shaladh allows a human to temporarily perceive the forest's electromagnetic communication network [1]. This experience is called '''Tapping''', and its practitioners are '''Tappers''' [1].

When Tapped, a person experiences:

* '''Spatial awareness''' — The positions of trees, roots, water sources, and other living things within a radius of several hundred meters, perceived as a sonar-like sense overlaid on normal vision [1]
* '''Emotional impressions''' — Not language, not images, but feelings: a sense of the forest's "mood" in a given area [1]. Contentment near healthy growth [1]. Agitation near damaged roots [1]. Something cold and deliberate near the heaths [1].
* '''Communication''' — With practice, Tappers learn to "speak" to the forest in intentions [1]. They can ask for things: grow here, not there; redirect this root; warn me [1]. The forest may or may not comply [1].
* '''The Singing''' — Experienced Tappers report hearing something that is not quite language — a deep, rhythmic pulse that carries meaning the way music carries emotion [1]. It is from this that the forest gets its name among those who know it well [1].