The question, ’Why?’, still resonated in the silent space between them, a query not of accusation but of profound, nascent curiosity.
It was a question that did not demand a simple answer, for it was not directed at the mechanics of their existence but at the heart of their purpose.
The five creators, now silent observers, felt the weight of that single word, a weight that was not a burden but an anchor, grounding them in a reality they had set in motion but no longer controlled.
Their answer, they knew, could not be given in words, but must be woven into the very fabric of Kairos’s becoming.