The Preservation Front convened privately.
After the desert incident, their tone shifted.
"This is no longer philosophical," one member said. "He nearly destabilized global equilibrium suppressing that fragment."
"He prevented catastrophe."
"He also proved single-point failure."
They drafted a proposal:
Construct a planetary harmonic buffer — an artificial secondary stabilizer.
Insurance.
Kaito was not informed.
In orbit, the Watcher recorded the decision tree branching.
Civilization attempting redundancy.
Curiosity deepened.