Elara, overwhelmed by the cacophony of lives inside her, has a breakdown in the library. The prismatic Glimmer erupts, projecting ghostly images of Leo's unwritten futures into the air—the phantom boat, the wedding, the child's laugh. Leo and Mr. Alden witness it. Leo is ecstatic, seeing it as proof of his divine inspiration. Mr. Alden, however, looks terrified. He reveals the final piece: the energy isn't stable. It's a narrative bomb. If not integrated, it will not just consume Elara, but will likely "short-circuit" reality around her, causing localized rips where unwritten possibilities bleed into the world chaotically.
