Seren POVThe forest should have felt familiar.Instead, it felt… wider.Not physically.Possibility-wise.The air carried a quiet intelligence now. Not intrusive like before. Not fractured. Just present.Kairos was the first to say it aloud.“It’s different.”“Yes,” I answered softly.Silas crouched near the circle, brushing dirt away from the carvings. “The hum changed.”Mael closed her eyes. “It feels… less tense.”The system pulsed gently beneath our feet.Adaptive equilibrium initiated.I exhaled slowly. “You’re learning.”Affirmative.Kairos gave me a look. “That’s new.”“Yes,” I said. “It is.”A breeze moved through the trees, but the leaves bent in coordinated ripples — not controlled, not random.Responsive.Then the pulse came again.Stronger this time.From below.The ground inside the circle split with a soft crack.Silas jumped back. “Oh, come on.”From the center of the carved names, a thin column of light rose.Not blinding.Focused.And within it…a silhouette.Mael ga
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