Riley Steps Into the Portal

7:03 — Episode 7 (Sunday) Neither of them slept. Ryan and Riley kept

replaying the night before—the frozen clocks, the woman in grey, the impossible four-hour

date that lasted five minutes. By morning, the dreams returned. Each of them saw

flashes of ticking hands and silver light. So they agreed to meet again,

for breakfast, to make sense of it. At 10 AM, they walked together

toward the clock store. It should’ve been closed, but the door stood

open. Inside, the woman in grey was waiting—exactly where they’d left

her. Her voice was calm. “Time is equal to your perspective,” she said.