The trouble began when she aged out of the foster system on her birthday. Her last caseworker, a weary woman named Mrs. Gable, handed her a small cardboard box. "Your exit packet. And... this. It was with your newborn things."

The moment Sam touched it, the world glitched .

She dropped the penny.

A falling anvil (Cillian's doing) aimed for her skull. Instead of dodging, she stuck out her hand. The anvil hit the penny, which flipped, spun, and ricocheted into a gear in the Probability Engine. The engine stuttered. The tsunami reversed. Every "bad" thing turned "good": coffee stains became winning lottery numbers, banana peels slid into perfect dance moves, and scaffolding reassembled into a golden bridge.