The Council of Convergence

And yet, beneath the anxiety and exhaustion, she felt something else—a sense of profound purpose. Humanity had spent its existence largely isolated, believing itself the only sentient species in an indifferent universe. Now they stood at the threshold of something revolutionary—direct collaboration with consciousness from another reality, sharing knowledge and perspectives that could transform their understanding of existence itself.

As sleep finally claimed her, Mishka's last conscious thought was not of fear or burden, but of possibility—of what humanity might become through this unprecedented coming together of realities.