"You're telling me that after all that quantum fusion drama, we're now essentially undercover spies? Because that was definitely not in my academic career plans," Sarah muttered as they walked through Beijing's bustling Sanlitun district three days later.
Atlas smirked, effortlessly navigating the crowded sidewalk. "Would you prefer going back to lecturing bored undergrads about particle physics while the void consumes reality?"
"When you put it that way..." She sighed, adjusting the simple backpack that contained everything they'd managed to acquire since their transformation in the Forbidden City.
They looked remarkably normal now—their golden energy carefully contained beneath their skin through techniques they'd somehow inherited from the twins. To anyone passing by, they appeared t
