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I finished my shower and stepped out, towel slung low around my hips, steam still clinging to my skin. I almost kept walking. But something pulled me back, stopping me in front of the mirror, and my lips hung open.
It was still me, with the same face and everything, but also… not. My body looked sharper somehow, carved instead of built. My shoulders sat broader, my chest fuller, and my muscle definition clearer, like someone had turned the contrast up on my physique.
I looked faster and stronger, like months or even years of extra workouts.
“You were always capable, but now your body can actually keep up with us,” Eryx said, and I exhaled a quiet laugh, eyes flicking lower without meaning to…
I froze.
“…Huh.”
I tilted my head, squinting as if the mirror might correct itself, b
