Vestment for the Ridge’s Last Banner Cloud

The cloud survives as an excision: a pale, frayed interval held above a ridge reduced to one woven register. Six arrows retain the approach of wind but cannot cross into weather. Pressure halos measure the empty form without completing it. At right, the humidity record tears away; five gold stitches attend its edge and refuse repair. A single coral point marks the warmer air that ended the old recurrence. The vestment keeps attachment visible after the cloud itself has gone.