Three days of peace. Felix played morning songs. Lily danced. Mira wrote everything down.
Then the band went dark.
Not dead. Just silent. The Dreamer stopped humming.
“Dreamer?” Julian tapped the band. Nothing.
Mira gasped. “I just forgot something. A small thing. What I ate for breakfast.”
“That’s normal,” Pip said.
“Not for me. I never forget anything.”
SYSTEM: ANOMALY DETECTED. FRAGMENT NETWORK COLLAPSING. SOURCE: UNKNOWN.
Julian’s blood went cold. “Everyone gather.”
The Symptom
Leo stumbled. His eyes flickered. “I feel empty. Like part of me is missing.”
Tamara caught him. “The fragments are disconnecting.”
“Not disconnecting,” Sara said through Vikram. “Being pulled. Someone is stealing fragment energy. From all of you.”
Elena clutched her chest. “I feel it too.”
Marcus
