A small village festival began in Aqualis.
Music.
Food stalls.
Children laughing.
Everything normal.
Ocean walked through the crowd.
People greeted him casually.
He responded politely.
But Lyra noticed something strange.
"…Did that stall always stand there?"
Kael looked.
"I think it moved."
Lyra frowned.
"But no one moved it."
Nothing dramatic.
Just small positional differences that no one could fully confirm.
Kiyo Jian watched from above.
"…Spatial consistency is slightly unstable around him."
He paused.
"But never enough to cause visible disruption."
Ocean stopped at a stall.
He bought food.
The vendor smiled.
Everything seemed normal.
But when Kael looked again later…
the layout of the festival no longer fully matched his memory.