There was no command that said "Let there be structure."
There was only exhaustion.
Chaos had collided with itself too many times.
Patterns failed too quickly.
Existence dissolved before it could echo.
Near Proto-Exist, some possibilities lingered longer than others.
Not because Proto-Exist guided them—
but because its presence forced comparison.
Comparison demanded reference.
Reference demanded consistency.
And consistency demanded a frame.
Thus, the first structure appeared.
Not as law.
But as support.