⭐ CHAPTER 13 — “INSIDE THE MOMENT”

Chapter 13 is the first time they step fully into the forgotten moment at 00:17:43, and because of that, the chapter becomes less about action than recognition. The memory they enter isn’t stable—it’s a reconstruction still guessing at its own edges, cooperating with them even as it strains against itself.This is where the emotional core sharpens. Riven isn’t just analyzing the anomaly anymore; he’s being drawn into it. Hale’s appearance — a figure with his name and outline — turns the mystery inward. The memory isn’t recalling a person; it’s recalling a role, and Riven is being asked to occupy the space that was left empty.Idris’s reactions deepen too. He isn’t remembering. He’s being remembered through. That shift sets the tone for the arc ahead.The final line, “THE POINT IS NOT THE BEGINNING,” signals the turn: everything until now has centered on the middle of the event, not its cause. Chapter 13 is the threshold. Chapter 14 begins the descent into the origin.