If you just went by the textbook theories, or the instruction manual for this Spatial Compass, an episode like that, where it went haywire, wouldn't actually be considered a particularly special situation.
In contrast, its current state—quiet as a Rubik's Cube—was a rare 'good opportunity.' If it were a typical Space System lecturer or researcher, they probably wouldn't have thought much of the previous flare-up.
This was, after all, a perilous Alternate Space. Spatial instability was the norm here. A single flare-up was like a slightly larger wave on a calm sea; normally, no one would pay it any mind.
But Lloyd was different. He possessed Level 2 [Spatial Domination], which made him unusually sensitive to a 'wave' like the one before.
He could feel it. This was no ripple caused by a gentle breeze, but the sign of a brewing storm!
