The movement no longer felt like gradual progress. It had reached a point where every small change immediately unlocked greater possibilities, like a door that not only opened but led into spaces that had never been touched before.
Sophia experienced it as a clearer and clearer pull not a pressure, but a calling to step further.
She did not hold back.
Yet neither did she rush.
"There is a new threshold," she said softly.
Beside her, Adrian Blackwood focused instantly. "Not just a boundary."
Sophia gave a small nod.
"A transition."
Daniel drew a sharp breath. "I can feel it. It is as though something is waiting to be crossed."
Leonard Graves offered a faint smile. "And it cannot be ignored."
Silence settled over them.
Yet this time,
It was not empty.
It was brimming with undefined potential.
Sophia closed her eyes.
She delved deeper.
And there,
She perceived something unlike anything before.
It was not merely a network.
Nor simply a system.
