At the corridor threshold, the assisting Watcher recalculated continuously.
Its internal geometry fluctuated.
Historical data incomplete. Pre-Watcher civilization confirmed.
This violated foundational assumptions.
The Watchers believed themselves the first stable observers.
Now they stood as successors.
The sphere extended a faint projection toward the Watcher.
Not aggressive.
Inviting.
The Watcher hesitated.
Intervention had already begun reshaping their doctrine.
Participation was no longer forbidden.
Slowly—
It entered the expanse beside Kaito.
For the first time in its existence—
A Watcher approached a teacher.