Chapter 288 - Chapter 286: The Witness Remembers (Part 1)

Ten years had passed since the convergence that had reunited the three fragments of consciousness. Ten years represents an infinitesimal duration when measured against the billions of years that stretched ahead before consciousness might eventually choose the Tenth Star's principle of ending, yet it was sufficient time for patterns to establish themselves, for the eternal cycles to become visible, for the true nature of the work to emerge clearly from beneath the initial drama of transformation.