I told her about the seating arrangement.

Harper approaching from behind my chair.

The sudden absence of support.

The impact.

After that, my memory became fragmented.

I described the voices, the laughter, and Piper’s cries, while explaining that some later impressions had felt dreamlike and that I could not be sure of their sequence.

“That distinction helps,” Vega said.

“We can seek independent evidence for the timeline.”