The spiral unravelled again.
It wasn't sudden or forceful; it simply came apart, with the second circle losing its arc and drifting wide before Leo could adjust. The careful mutual orbit he'd been maintaining for eleven seconds began to unwind in just one moment. He felt it happen the way you might feel a balance shift beneath your foot—there, and then gone.
Kai'sa hadn't moved from where she stood at the edge of the cleared space. "Again."
He breathed out. Pulled his awareness back to his first circle, let it settle into its spin, and started over.
