Sekar hadn't decided. Seven days since System revelation. Seven days of processing. Seven days of impossible choice weighing on her. Transform or remain. Combat or coordination. Risk everything or support everything.
Rama didn't push. Couldn't push. Decision was too personal. Too enormous. Transformation meant abandoning Guild Master role. Meant fifteen months isolated training. Meant becoming combatant instead of administrator. Meant risking death in S-tier dungeons. Meant carrying Timeline 48's survival as personal burden. That choice required internal resolution, not external pressure.
But also—time pressure existed. Nakamura was already training. Already diving S-tier dungeons. Already progressing. Seven days into fifteen-month timeline. Every delayed day was lost opportunity. If Sekar transformed, earlier start meant better results. Delay reduced final capability. Mathematics were clear even if choice wasn't.
