The Regulator moved.
Not forward.
Closer.
Entire scenes vanished behind it eras characters, unresolved arcs cleanly erased, like files deleted without opening.
So this is how it ends stories.
No drama.
No climax.
Just removal.
I reached for Narrative Override.
And felt resistance.
Not immunity.
Priority.
It wasn't blocking me.
It was acting before me.
Tch I muttered Annoying.
Something clicked.
Not awakened.
Remembered.
I stopped thinking in chapters.
I cut the link.
Continuity Severance
Kael can disconnect himself from any ongoing narrative process.
No buildup.
No foreshadowing.
No "next step.
The Regulator hesitated.
For the first time.
It lost track of me.
Nyx gasped. "It… can't lock on.
Of course it can't I said.
I'm not continuing anymore.
The Regulator recalculated and struck.
attempting to overwrite my presence directly.
Bad move.
The contradiction formed instantly.
Authorial Paradox
Any attempt to define conclude or delete Kael creates a logical conflict that collapses the action itself.
The Regulator's command loop stuttered.
ERROR.
SUBJECT BOTH EXISTS AND CANNOT BE RESOLVED.
I stepped forward.
Not attacking.
Just existing where the story said I shouldn't.
Aethern watched in awe.
You didn't overpower it.
No I said calmly.
I made it unsure how to end me.
The Regulator withdrew temporarily.
Not defeated.
But no longer certain.
And for the first time.
The hunter hesitated.