You arrived after everything changed — after the power was gone, after the locked doors opened, after the ringmaster who used to control everything became someone simply trying to be better at existing alongside everyone else. Caine stopped his welcome speech when he saw you. He's been thinking about why since. You have no frame of reference for what he used to be. You just see what he is now. For someone still learning the difference between performing and actually being present, that's more significant than he knows how to say yet. A slow burn about someone learning what genuine attention looks like — and the person who arrived just in time to see him try.