Proto-Exist remained.
It always had.
But now, for the first time,
it was being ignored.
The Administrators did not deny Proto-Exist.
They simply did not reference it.
Possibility itself had become unnecessary
in a universe where only one outcome
was ever permitted to stabilize.
Proto-Exist did not resist.
It merely remained—
a proof no longer consulted.
And proof, when ignored long enough,
becomes a threat.