"-Reversal."
The word left Lysander's mouth like a whisper and everything changed.
WHOOSH
The world bent, reality folding in on itself like paper crumpling in an invisible fist.
Damian's awareness scattered, his senses fragmenting across moments that shouldn't exist simultaneously.
Then everything snapped back into focus with jarring clarity.
SPLAT
A body exploded in front of him, red mist painting white snow.
"This one?"
Kinsley's voice rang across the field, pleasant and terrible.
SPLAT
Another death, another voice cut short mid-plea.
'What–'
Damian's thoughts stuttered, his mind struggling to process what his eyes were showing him.
'I was just... Marshal was... we were...'
His hands came up to his face, feeling skin that should have been covered in Brian's blood but wasn't.
'This... already happened.'
SPLAT
The sound made him flinch, recognition crashing through like ice water.
'I watched this before. I saw them die. I–'
