After over a hundred loops, you get very familiar with all the rules and setups.

[ is that a good thing? probably not. but they're familiar with it, accustomed, and have accepted their life to be that so. ]

Was it almost always you and Alex? [ they know he wasn't technically the center of the loops, that it was rather Alex but. ] Did any of the others start to notice over time or become a bit aware like you? Or was it only you?