Dr. Chen had been with us for five days when Marcus died.
Not killed. Not attacked. Just—stopped existing.
"He was fine yesterday," Reaper said, staring at the empty space where Marcus had been standing. "Talking. Drinking. Planning. Then this morning I come in and there's just—nothing. Like he was never here."
"Not like he was never here," Subject Seven corrected quietly. She was examining the air where Marcus should have been. "Like he was erased. Removed. Deleted from reality."
I felt it through the collective connection. Felt the absence where Marcus's quantum signature should have been. Felt the hole in the network that connected all enhanced individuals through me.
"This is different from cascade failure," I said. "When people died during that, I felt them dissolve. Felt them sc
