The Prophet inhales smoke at the edge of The breach alert atmosphere. It braids his throat. When he opens his eyes, he’s in France, 1999. Zhenmo claims the day is recorded, but the breach feels unrehearsed. A girl runs past him—eight years old, tear-branded, wrapped in gift-like trash. Men in suits chase her. They say she’s unrehearsed, that her parents stood by, that they are responsible. She invokes Joan of Arc. She refuses to be traded to demons with large eyes. The Prophet sings, fights, fails. A storm pours down, clouding the streets. She’s dragged into a chrome car. He screams. Then he wakes beside Lyra, gasping for air. She pats his back. He couldn’t speak. The breach left clues: a ribbon, a jazz station, a silence. This happened in 1999. No one noticed. But he did