The chamber shakes violently.
Aria floats slightly above the ground.
Light surrounding her.
Kael reaches for her.
"Aria!"
She looks at him.
Her eyes glowing faintly.
"I can see it."
Jonas whispers.
"…see what."
Aria's voice echoes strangely.
"Every timeline."
Images flash across the room.
Worlds.
Lives.
Choices.
Seraphine watches carefully.
Future Kael whispers.
"It's happening."
The Observer speaks again.
"Full activation detected."
Aria's voice softens.
"…I remember everything."
Kael looks terrified.
"Aria come back."
She looks at him.
Tears forming.
"Kael…"
Silence.
Then she whispers the words that change everything.
"This isn't the first universe."
The room freezes.
Because if that's true—
Then everything they believed about time…
is only the beginning.