The world returned with the scent of bakery and the distant clap of rain. The hole in the lane remained as if it had never moved. Abella stood up, dusted her knees, and walked home slower than before, weighing possibilities like pebbles in her pocket. The market’s lesson lingered: memories are tools, and attention is the craft. You cannot erase what is done, but you can choose what to feed and what to let go.