The Ancient Clock and the Synchronization of Time

At the final chamber, he found a massive clock embedded within the rock. Its hands were frozen,

but the mechanism hummed like a sleeping beast. Elias approached. The pocket watch

shook violently in his hand and snapped its gears into alignment with the great clock.

Suddenly, the cavern lit up with a blinding flash. When the light faded,

the ancient clock began turning again, forward this time. Back in Silent Harbor, the master clock

in the square synchronized itself for the first time in history. Clocks across the town steadied.

The sea calmed. Time, after centuries of wandering, had finally found

its rhythm.