Kael turns toward her.
"You what?"
Aria touches her temple.
"I remember."
Seraphine watches carefully.
"Tell us."
Aria closes her eyes.
"…I was little."
Silence spreads.
"There was a room full of clocks."
Elias freezes.
"…that's impossible."
Aria continues.
"And a man was there."
Jonas whispers.
"Please don't say Orion."
Aria shakes her head.
"No."
Her voice lowers.
"…it was you."
She looks at Elias.
The room explodes with shock.
Elias steps back.
"That's not possible."
Aria's voice shakes.
"You gave me a watch."
Future Kael whispers.
"…no."
Aria opens her eyes.
"He said something."
Seraphine leans forward slightly.
"What?"
Aria repeats the memory.
"Someday you'll fix what we broke."
The room falls into stunned silence.
Elias whispers.
"…I never met you."
But the Observer speaks again.
"Memory confirmed."
Seraphine smiles slowly.
"Well."
"Now things make sense."
Kael asks quietly.
"What do you mean?"
Seraphine answers.
"She was always meant to be here."
The fractures tremble again.
Because somewhere deep in the collapsing timelines—
The story just revealed its first real secret.