Running Away with Alpha's Baby Bump
No one spoke.
Some conversations shouldn’t begin with noise.
Aria of choice, the presence said, not aloud, but everywhere. Not a voice. An understanding laid carefully against my thoughts.
I answered without bowing. You’re early.
A pause. Not surprising, but calculation.
Time bends near fixed points.
“I’m not fixed,” I replied calmly. “I move. I decide.”
That is the anomaly.
The weight pressed just a little more, testing, not my strength, but my will to move. I took a step forward anyway. The stone beneath my feet warmed, affirming the choice.