The Woven’s network, a decentralized web of shared art and emotion, was not designed for espionage. Yet, it was through this network that the first whispers of the Purists’ plan emerged. A small, overlooked diagnostic function, corrupted and repurposed by the Thorn Weave, began to pick up on the massive energy consolidations within Purist sectors. It was an anomaly, a spike in the data stream that was too large, too coordinated to be anything other than a weapon. The Woven, for the first time, were forced to look beyond their art. They had to become something more than just creators. They had to become spies.