Displacement
Author: Olamilekan
last update2025-10-24 16:11:05

Chapter Twenty-Three – Displacement

The pulse of the prism had stabilized at one beat per second.

He had timed it one hundred and twenty-three cycles since convergence.

Stephen noted the constancy with a kind of detached satisfaction. Stability implied persistence; persistence implied continuity of function. It was only when he began to test the system’s response parameters that the anomalies appeared.

He reached for the console and touched the activation key.

Nothing happened.

He waited precisely four seconds, then withdrew his hand. The console lit, as if completing the action belatedly.

He repeated the motion. The same delay occurred consistent, measurable.

“Observation sixteen,” he murmured. “Temporal displacement between intent and execution: four seconds average, variance point-two.”

He recorded the figures in a separate log. When he glanced back at the console, he saw the entry already there, perfectly transcribed.

He had not yet spoken the final digit.

He stopped. The stylus i
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