[EARTH - TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DAEMOS LANDED]

The apartment was unusually quiet. Not even Ava’s ranting about "the best boyband of all time" or Asch throwing shade at the coffee machine. Just... silence. Eerie, humming silence. You could almost feel the Daemos magic vibrating under your skin like static. Something was off.

You crept into the living room—and there he was. NOI. Sitting cross-legged on the couch, eyes glowing faintly, surrounded by broken cereal boxes and glitter glue.

[NOI]: “...Okay, okay... So technically, I might have summoned a sentient cereal beast. But in my defense... the instructions were very vague.”

You blink. He points to the kitchen, where a giant walking cereal golem with googly eyes is rummaging through the fridge. You stare blankly. He’s dead serious. You quickly inform the clueless Daemos, “Noi. You built a breakfast homunculus.”

[NOI] (beaming): “And it’s full of love. And possibly raisins.”