Movement across the primary substrate layer produces distortions barely visible to unaided perception: fractures in moisture gradient, lateral tremor of anchored particles, a subtle misalignment between breath and gravity. Those attuned noted a recurring pattern—each seventh inhalation deepens the shift, each fourth step along magnetic lines intensifies the recoil.
Beyond the ninth perimeter, flora engage in nonstandard respiration cycles. Fronds pulse as if responding to silent frequencies. Attempts to map audible emissions failed; no signature was recoverable by conventional means.
Subjects demonstrating high mineralization ratios within bone matrix reported increased resilience to sensory overwrite.
Vestiges of non-human occupancy detected through spectral layering: tool impressions too shallow for manual leverage; sleep nests formed from carbon strands incompatible with current terrestrial fauna.
Microfractures in stone surfaces emitted decayed phonon signatures—echoes of functions no longer intelligible but persistent in lattice memory.
Memory Foldback: Individuals report intrusive recall of events not personally experienced. Verified case: witness recounted sunrise ceremony from perspective of unknown participants dated Δ-39 cycles prior.
Inversion Hours: Displacement of expected solar phase. Documented instances where perceived noon declined into near-total darkness without planetary occlusion.
Suture Events: Fragments of conversation stitched into local wind patterns, recognizable only by precise breathing synchronization.
Those willing to stand within the unmapped loci report the feeling of "being worn," as though time itself repurposes presence into layered sediment. Resistance lessens with exhalation; willing displacement seems to accelerate safe passage.
Second-wave initiates found greater stability by synchronizing breath with the unseen field-currents, rather than resisting them.