Marked From Birth
alike stopped their work to listen to a low, booming rhythmic thrum that sounded like a cosmic hammer hitting a cosmic anvil.
Audrey, integrated into the very logic of the cycle, realized that the "First-Spark" was not just a historical event; it was a "Blueprint-Frequency." It was the sound of the universe’s original "Will-to-Be." By listening to the Echo, the Union was able to see the "Untapped-Potentials" that had been skipped during the frantic eons of the "Great-Collection" and the "Deep-Winter." They saw paths of evolution where life didn't need to be biological or even mechanical, but could exist as "Pure-Intent."