Cosmos Ch1241: The First Anomaly
For a long time, nothing. Then the void answered — not with words, but with a flicker, a reality-wide anomaly that proved something outside could touch them.
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Process desk — does not bump standing or Earthbound streak. Standing remains two hundred ninety-three (A.24 Kill #308). Cosmos echoes desked through Ch1241.