The transition from the Transparent Shard to the Amber Shard was like moving from a calm, silent pond into a roaring industrial furnace. As The Memory of Water exited the slip-stream, the viewscreen was flooded with a warm, honey-colored light. But the warmth was deceptive. The Amber Shard—once the glorious "Construction Yard" of the multiverse—was screaming.
"Look at the structures," Lyra whispered, her face pressed against the cockpit glass.
Below them, the Amber Shard revealed itself as a dizzying array of impossible geometry. Golden towers stretched for miles, connected by bridges made of solid light and floating plazas that defied gravity. This was the place where the builders of the old world had prototyped the laws of physics. But now, those laws were being eaten.
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