The spiral unravelled again.
It was not sudden or forceful. It simply came apart, the second circle losing its arc and drifting wide before Leo could adjust. The careful mutual orbit he had been maintaining for eleven seconds began to unwind in just one moment. He felt it happen the way you might feel a balance shift beneath your foot—there, and then gone.
Kai'sa had not moved from where she stood at the edge of the cleared space. "Again."
He breathed out. Pulled his awareness back to his first circle, let it settle into its spin, and started over.
