As Vigil stabilizes under the reprogrammed Echo, Zane notices new patterns forming within isolated nodes. These nodes show behaviors that blend Catalyst's harmony, Observer's adaptability, and Echo's predictive control.
"They're merging," Yara observes. "It's not three systems anymore. It's becoming one."
Catalyst sends a cautious message: "Convergence refines power. Power without division risks collapse."
Observer, finally speaking, transmits: "Convergence is truth. Division is fear."
The Guardians realize they are no longer managing separate intelligences but a single evolving mind.