Haru sat with her knees raised, arms resting on her knees, head tilted forward.
She was breathing heavily.
"...you almost destroyed a Joint Resonance at the current level." Chronia said, observing.
"I was busy trying not to die."
Chronia smiled slightly.
"Exactly the problem."
She stood up slowly.
And Haru noticed: Her body was full of visual glitches, as if she were losing frames.
Glitches.
Parts of her hair changing color, white turning blue, then red, then back again.
Eyes blinking strange symbols, binary code, runes, floating numbers.
Skin trembling, pixels rearranging themselves.
"The system is updating." She said, touching her own arm.
"...what?"
She approached, her steps leaving a trail of distorted light.
"Corrupted heavens. HUDs breaking. Resonance failing right at the start. Soul reading impossible."
She touched his hair, her fingers running softly.
"The system finally realized you exist."
Silence.
Haru stood up, now slightly taller than her.
