And that chain reaction didn't burst or blaze.
It unfolded.
Calmly.
Steadily.
Like light spreading through curtains at dawn—gentle, but impossible to stop.
Every small moment passed its warmth forward:
A shy kindness shared between strangers carried a ripple far bigger than either of them realized.
A small decision to forgive shaped the tone of an entire day.
A quiet act of patience softened someone's fear just enough for them to try again.
A hesitant smile, returned without hesitation, became the first real connection someone had felt in months.
None of it was grand.
None of it asked for applause.
Yet all of it mattered.
Across the galaxies, more souls began noticing something new in the air—something they couldn't quite name. A lightness. A welcome. A feeling that maybe, just maybe, they weren't as alone as they thought.
