Reality began to experience a fundamental restructuring that had no precedent in human experience or understanding. The boundaries between dimensions didn't collapse in a violent, chaotic manner. Instead, they began to dissolve gradually, like morning frost under gentle sunlight. Where separation had once been absolute, there was now a state of fluidity. Dimensions overlapped. Realities intersected. What had been discrete was becoming continuous.
Marcus found himself in multiple places simultaneously. He was standing at the archive with Kirin and Alexei. He was also at the Pacific barrier point with Kaelan. He was in Tibet with Takir. He was in Antarctica with Vex. He was in Peru with Shen. All of these states of being were happening at the same moment, to the same consciousness, creating
