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Arthur watched in horror as the air around Elena began to fracture like broken glass. The timestamp was executing itself.

At 1676971801.002, the universe didn't just take her; it traded her. Arthur felt a violent, invisible vacuum pull at his chest. He realized his mistake too late. The law of conservation applied to time just as it did to energy. To pull someone out of a moment, someone else had to take their place. 1676971801.002

That was the exact fraction of a second his sister had vanished from a locked room. Arthur watched in horror as the air around