The residual distortion beneath the Pacific pulsed.
Not outward.
Inward.
Kaito felt it during sleep — a downward tug.
Zero had not yet entered the equation at this stage of his evolution.
He still operated purely on division and balance.
The pulse exploited that limitation.
Silver Eyes detected tectonic harmonics shifting.
"It is syncing with the artificial buffer satellites."
Kaito's eyes opened instantly.
Two independent human actions —
Resonating with buried distortion.
The Watcher observed a new branching instability.
Complexity threshold approaching.