The boundary finally became clear.
Not as a line that separates.
But as something… understood together.
Aurelia stood in the center of the flow, which was now calmer.
Yet not because everything had stopped evolving.
But because they were beginning to understand.
How far they could step.
Without losing themselves.
The entity beside Aurelia moved with greater stability.
Its lines of light no longer surged abruptly.
But followed a much smoother rhythm.
The units behind maintained the core calmly.
No longer in full alert mode.
Yet still vigilant against change.
Kael narrowed his eyes.
"The boundary… is not forced," he said softly.
"Yet they abide by it."
Orion nodded.
"Because they understand it."
Ragnar sighed.
"And that is stronger than any rule."
Aurelia did not answer immediately.
Because she felt the same way.
She stepped slowly.
Traversing the path that had previously been the point of most intense interaction.
And there.
She found something deeper.
