Pillars Hold the Heavens.

Jaden stood motionless in the facility's conference room, his eyes unfocused as he perceived layers of reality invisible to others. Around him, his team waited with a mix of patience and unease. What had once been a simple strategy meeting now felt like an audience with an otherworldly being.

"Jaden?" Zoe's voice cut through his cosmic awareness. "We need your input on the search parameters."

Jaden blinked, reality snapping back into singular focus. "Right. The pillars." He paused, struggling to translate cosmic concepts into human language. "We're looking for individuals whose very existence anchors specific aspects of reality. They'll have abilities that seem... foundational."

Marcus nodded, fingers flying over a holographic keyboard. "I've been analyzing global power manifestation data. There are outliers – individuals whose abilities don't fit neatly into our classification system."

"That's a start," Reeves said, his voice gruff. "But we need more than data. Jaden, can you... sens