Chapter 67 - Chapter 67 – Change Appears

Elara opened her eyes, and nothing about her surroundings had changed. The metal walls were still cold and flawless, the lights continued to glow with the same steady intensity, and the air remained sterile and heavy. Yet this time, it wasn't the outside world that had changed. What had changed was the way she perceived it. There was a thin line in her mind she had never noticed before, and that line had begun to crack silently. This wasn't a sudden break, but rather a slow, irreversible unraveling. It felt as if an invisible gap had settled between her thoughts, and that gap had started to widen over time.