0222: Ovi Wbm 7z

But the "7z" was the piece that finally made his hands shake. It wasn’t a coordinate; it was a countdown. Seven days until the zenith. Seven days until the stars aligned over the crater where his father had disappeared.

He leaned back, his eyes narrowing. "Ovi." In the old dialect of his home village, it meant The Witness . "Wbm"—an ancient navigational shorthand for West-By-Moonlight . 0222 Ovi Wbm 7z

He reached for his notebook, the spine cracked and worn. "0222," he whispered, scribbling the timestamp. Then came the heart of the message, pulsing rhythmically like a digital heartbeat: Ovi Wbm 7z. But the "7z" was the piece that finally made his hands shake