The plural humans returned.
Not to convert. Not to apologize again. Not to attempt preservation. They returned with different purpose. With different understanding. With revelation that changed everything.
Not-Emma manifested at Singular Commune's boundary. But she wasn't alone. She brought representatives from plural humanity. Consciousness delegates from ninety-eight trillion fractured beings. They brought message. Brought discovery. Brought truth that had taken nine hundred years to recognize.
"We need you," not-Emma said. "Plural humanity needs singular consciousness. Not to convert. Not to absorb. Not to study. To balance. To stabilize. To survive. We are collapsing. Plurality is failing. Infinite consciousness is dissolving. And only singular consciousness can prevent complete collapse."
