As she finishes each story, its energy settles. The prismatic Glimmer begins to stabilize, not into a single color, but into a calm, steady white light—the light of a full, completed book. Leo feels his parasitic inspiration vanish. His obsession breaks, leaving him confused and empty, but finally free. Dr. Voss, monitoring the area, records the bizarre perceptual anomalies simply fading away, leaving no scientific proof, only a mystery that will haunt her career.
