As Asha stitched these lives together, the Index became less a set of statistics and more a map of the city’s invisible threads. She began to notice patterns: meetings that happened during the monsoon often had higher "Top" scores—people who shared shelter from the rain stayed close. Contacts made over food or in late-night queues had warmth in their long-term notes. Children who read the same book at Meera's shop later became friends.