Eyes were wide, unblinking, locked on the boy who had just rewritten what a human body could do.
The Phei Simps section detonated first—Emily and Delilah leaping onto their cheers, arms raised, screaming until their voices cracked raw.
Emily's hands were shaking so violently she nearly dropped her phone; Delilah had tears streaming down her face, not from sadness but from the sheer, overwhelming joy of watching everything they'd bled for validated in one impossible moment.
Sierra stood beside Maddie, both girls on their feet, Sierra's composure shattered into a rare, feral grin that showed actual teeth while Maddie jumped up and down like a child who'd just been handed the keys to the universe, tears of wild joy streaking her face, screaming Phei's name until her throat went hoarse.
