The house had grown restless. Its palpitation coursed through Alex with a force that was no longer subtle, and the murk that followed him now moved singly, responding to the vestments of knowledge that flowed through him. Light fractured constitutionally across walls, bottoms, and ceilings, bending into insolvable angles that twisted perception and depraved reality. The whispers flowed constantly through Alex’s mind Observe Act Extend Integrate Belong But now, they carried a weight of challenge, blarneying him toward opinions that probed morality, consequence, and instinct.