Kay smiled. It was not unkind. "Leo… this is the warning."
When the vision ebbed, silence arrived like a held breath. The team looked at themselves, at each other—vulnerable, yes, but also profoundly present. The instruments had captured impossible harmonics; the team’s faces glowed with discovery rather than embarrassment. In the new quiet, Kay realized the point had never been about exhibition but about shedding the last layers that keep people separate from what they study.