The corridor didn't move.
For once.
No shifting walls.
No alarms.
No red lights.
And somehow—
That made it worse.
Mira hadn't stood up yet.
Her hands were still shaking.
Not from the fight.
Not from Jaxon.
From something else.
Eryx noticed.
"…You're not just reacting to what happened," he said quietly.
Mira didn't look at him.
"I remember something," she whispered.
Ashar's eyes shifted instantly.
Soren stilled.
Eryx stepped closer.
"…What kind of memory?"
Mira's voice dropped.
Barely there.
"A wrong one."
Silence.
"I've died before," she continued.
"We all have."
A pause.
"But this time… I remembered something I shouldn't."
Eryx's chest tightened.
"…What?"
Mira finally looked at him.
And for the first time—
She couldn't hold his gaze.
"I didn't always try to save you."
The air went cold.
"…What does that mean?" Eryx asked.
Mira's lips parted slightly.
Then—
"I killed you."
Silence.
Not shock.
Not noise.
Just a heavy, crushing stillness.
Eryx didn't react immediately.
"…Why?" he asked.
Mira shook her head.
"I don't know."
A pause.
"No… that's not true."
She clenched her fists.
"I was told to."
Ashar's voice came in quietly.
"…By the system?"
Mira nodded.
"It told me you were unstable."
A pause.
"That you would break everything."
Eryx let out a slow breath.
"…And you believed it."
Mira closed her eyes.
"I didn't just believe it."
A pause.
"I chose it."
That hurt more than anything else.
⚠️ FRACTURE
The walls flickered faintly.
The system was listening.
Soren spoke quietly.
"Memory conflicts create instability."
Ashar added:
"And instability leads to correction."
Eryx didn't look away from Mira.
"…Will you do it again?" he asked.
Mira froze.
She didn't answer.
That was the answer.