(Mirabel's POV)
Something opened its eyes.
Inside me.
Not physically.
Not metaphorically.
Something woke up.
And the universe noticed.
Immediately.
The stars went silent.
The sea of unborn futures stopped moving.
The eye beyond reality widened.
Not in anger.
Not in triumph.
In recognition.
I fell to my knees.
Pain exploded through my mind.
Memories.
Too many memories.
Not human memories.
Not even godlike memories.
Older.
Stranger.
I saw the first question.
I saw the first possibility.
I saw the first moment when nothing stopped being nothing.
Fragments.
Only fragments.
But each one felt large enough to crush entire realities.
The impossible child was beside me instantly.
"Mirabel!"
I could barely hear her.
The voice inside me was becoming louder.
Not speakin
