The origin engine groans.
Metal bends.
Energy surges everywhere.
Elias shouts,
"The machine can't hold this!"
Aria breathes heavily.
"Just a little longer."
Kael stands beside her.
"I'm here."
Jonas whispers,
"I really hope that helps."
Seraphine adjusts the controls.
"The paradox is building."
Future Kael watches the Observer carefully.
"…something's wrong."
The massive eye twitches.
Small cracks begin appearing in its surface.
Commander Veyron stares.
"Impossible."
Aria smiles faintly.
"It's inside time now."
The Observer speaks again.
"You misunderstand."
The cracks spread further.
"I am not breaking."
Suddenly—
The chamber lights explode.
Reality glitches.
Jonas suddenly sees three versions of Kael standing in front of him.
"…uh."
Future Kael sees five versions of Aria.
Elias gasps.
"The timelines are overlapping!"
Aria whispers.
"The loop is destabilizing."
The Observer growls.
"You are tearing existence apart."
Aria looks directly at it.
"That's the point."