Kael sat alone after class.
He was thinking.
Hard.
"…What exactly happened this morning?"
He tried to recall.
Ocean sitting.
The lesson.
Lyra talking.
But the details kept shifting slightly.
Not disappearing.
Just rearranging themselves.
Lyra approached him.
"You're thinking too much again."
Kael looked up.
"…Do you remember Ocean doing anything unusual today?"
Lyra tilted her head.
"No. He's just Ocean."
Kael froze slightly.
"…That's what I can't understand."
At the same time, Ocean walked past the courtyard.
Students greeted him normally.
He nodded once.
Nothing unusual.
But behind him, Kael's memory of the day felt like it had too many "versions" of the same moment.
None fully reliable.
Kiyo Jian closed his eyes.
"So memory cannot stabilize either…"