EPISODE 10: THE COUNCIL ## PART ONE: THE GATHERING ### CHAPTER 1: THE CALL The Keeper sent word. For the first time in the Corridor's existence, every Watcher was being summoned. Not just the active guides, not just those currently working with souls—everyone. Watchers who'd chosen service centuries ago. Watchers who'd become Watchers just days before. All of them, gathered in a space that hadn't existed until the Keeper willed it into being. Marcus and Sarah arrived together. Tommy was with them, still new to his Watcher existence but eager to participate. Ezra came from wherever he'd been helping the Unfinished. Others appeared from every corner of the infinite passage—thousands of them, more than Marcus had ever realized existed. "This is a council," the Keeper announced. "The first council. We have decisions to make about what the Corridor will become." --- ### CHAPTER 2: THE AGENDA The council space was circular, designed so every Watcher could see every other. The Keeper stood at the center, his forgettable face somehow more present than usual. "Eve is gone," he said. "She created this place, maintained it for eons, and now she's walked through a door of her own making. The Corridor still exists, but it has no creator anymore. It has only us." "What does that mean in practical terms?" someone...