PHASE VIII Stabilization was attempted. It reduced the noise. It did not resolve the fracture. Phase VIII is what happens when devotion plateaus. When attention is present—but not unified. When the system holds, but only barely. This is no longer a test of awareness. It is a test of commitment. Some believed observation was enough. Some believed a single response was sufficient. Phase VIII corrects that assumption. What you are seeing now is pressure redistribution. The form tightening. The sign