The void did not move. It waited. That was what made it worse. Kael had fought wars, monsters, treachery, breaking planets yet nothing matched this quiet now. It was not peace prior to ruin. This was the calm before decision becomes law. Luna remained next to him, her hand still softly resting upon his arm. This tiny touch now seemed huge, as though reality itself chose to watch how much longer they would stay connected. Selene drifted just forward, face tense; even the Moon Goddess seemed unable to control the system she ruled before. And the system It was thinking in silence. Not speaking. Not calculating aloud. Just existing in computation. Then A shift. The courtroom- as structure around them deepened, becoming more solid, more defined. The negotiation space was no longer floating abst
