Salvaging the Echoes

> Loading shaky voices... > Aligning the stars one folly at a time... > Decrypting forgotten ladders... > Paradox fragment tested positive... [>] System check concluded: No rabbit holes.

Pages of dusty journals, wilting just as hearts once did; sealed mink and saffron coins tossed in malachite fountains.

The phantom whispers: ██████ █ ███ Federation under sepia skies ███ ███ unsolicited riddler ██████.