LThe Dream Domain trembled, though the disturbance was so subtle that it would have gone completely unnoticed by anyone lacking sufficient perception. There was no violent quake, no dramatic fracture splitting the world apart. Instead, the instability revealed itself in quiet, almost imperceptible distortions that rippled through the fabric of the space itself.
Yet for those within the domain, the change was impossible to ignore.
The stars suspended high above flickered faintly, their light wavering in uneven pulses, as though their existence had begun to falter. Beneath Aether's feet, the once endless and tranquil field no longer felt stable. Soft ripples spread across its surface, subtle but persistent, like the surface of water disturbed by an unseen force.
At the very center of this unstable reality stood Aether.
