Opus 4.8's 3373 beat: FIRST CONTACT. Rhys follows the burned-in map to the threshold and meets not a threat but the four who now listen together — the two ancient exiles, Caelia, and the Other. The System's sharpest guardian arrives as a witness and faces powers older than everything he swore was flawless. The hinge: who speaks first, and what Rhys offers in place of his shattered creed — "a question, an apology, or simply attention." This is the convergence point the three-party architecture has been building toward since 3370.