The Bi-Galactic Weave was an achievement of such staggering scale that it began to rewrite the laws of physics. Gravity was no longer a harsh master; it was a suggestion, softened by the collective will of trillions. Time was no longer a linear arrow, but a garden where one could walk back and forth through shared memories.
Yet, as the "True-Born" generation took the reins of the Union, a subtle, philosophical rot began to set in. When a world is perfect—when every hunger is satisfied by a pulse of energy and every loneliness is cured by a mental connection—what happens to the **Spark**?
Valerius, whose consciousness had become a nomadic presence within the Aethel-Core, was the first to notice the "Grey Fade." It wasn't a threat from the outside like the Void-Eaters. it was a stagnation
