Five years after convergence crisis, Coalition-complete stood together on Singapore facility's observation deck watching sunset painting sky orange across Straits of Malacca stretching toward horizon peacefully. Rama felt Sekar's hand holding his naturally. Felt Nakamura's presence beside them completing their unit physically. Felt Coalition-complete together exactly as they'd stood graduation day five years previously when everything had seemed simpler before reality demonstrated complexity demanding accommodation rather than expecting resolution definitively.
Five years. Felt simultaneously like yesterday and lifetime ago both.
