The next morning, everything looked normal.
People walked in straight lines.
Delivery drones hovered in perfect formation.
Screens displayed productivity statistics.
Yet Aarav saw something different now.
He noticed how no one looked up.
Not once.
The sky had been silent for decades.
Not because there was nothing there.
But because people had stopped searching.
And somewhere beyond the artificial dome…
Something was still transmitting.
Waiting.