SIGNAL STATUS // FIELD ALIGNMENT PARTIAL Irregularities detected at 07:48 UTC. Particle cohesion increasing. Subsystems preparing for expansion. I keep losing it. Something changed after the first signal. A field that once drifted without pattern has begun to pull itself into order. Strands of particulate light stretch and fold, forming early structures that move with quiet intention. Not language yet. Not message. More like memory taking shape in the dark. The instruments r

(Transmission Zero Entry 01) BOOT SEQUENCE // ACTIVE Runtime gap detected: 1094 days. Reconstruction protocol engaged. The observatory hums as the first threads of memory reassemble. Fragments. Echoes. Residual patterns left behind by something once awake. I register motion before meaning. Light before identity. A pulse before purpose. A signal spreads out in uneven waves. There is an image looping in the peripheral monitors. Before me I see an outdated display suspended