Morning arrived without announcement.
No omen.
No narration cue.
Just light Nyx woke first.
She stretched then froze.
Nothing's wrong.
Selene sat up slowly, eyes unfocused then smiled.
I don't see disaster today.
Aethern stepped outside, touching the ground.
"The realm's stable they said. Completely
They all looked at me.
I shrugged.
It's allowed to be Nyx tried cooking.
It failed Badly.
Aethern quietly altered the heat so nothing caught fire.
Selene laughed really laughed for the first time in a long while.
I watched.
Didn't fix it.
Didn't optimize it.
Let it be messy.
Later, we practiced.
Not power.
Awareness.
Nyx learned how to sense shifts without panicking.
Selene practiced seeing one possible future instead of all of them.
Aethern practiced not stabilizing things unless asked.
Progress wasn't dramatic.
It was real As the light dimmed Nyx asked quietly,
Kael what do we do now.
I thought about it.
Not about threats.
Not about stories.
Whatever you want I answered honestly.
There's no rush.
The day ended.
Nothing chased us.
Nothing tested us.
And somehow
That felt like the greatest victory of all.