[SYSTEM OBSERVATION LOG]
This was the first decision. Until now, the watching presence had only observed, but the act of choosing had begun the observation anew.
For a very long time, the unseen system had not interfered with the flow of events. It had watched. It had catalogued.
Over the span of this era it had developed opinions of its own, some carefully stored away, others left unwritten. It had witnessed phenomena that did not match its records, and in response it had forged new categories simply so the strange things could exist somewhere in its understanding.
Yet none of that had ever crossed into interference. Interference required intent. It required a choice.
And now, the system had made one.
The halberd passed through the folds of space with the ease of something ancient, something that had traveled such paths countless times before and had long since learned which routes it preferred.
