The world was silent. There was no wind, no heartbeat, no sound—only light. Leon opened his eyes to an endless white void that rippled beneath his boots like liquid glass. The air hummed faintly, the sound of something neither alive nor dead. He tried to speak, but only static escaped his throat.
Error. Identity: Undefined.
The voice came from nowhere and everywhere at once. His vision flickered, and for a split second, his body was not flesh but a lattice of light. Silver lines crawled beneath his skin, pulsing faintly, rewriting him. He took a cautious breath. The air burned like electricity.
“Where am I?” he whispered.
Another voice answered, deep and resonant, echoing across the void. “Between worlds.”
Leon spun around. Two figures were emerging from the haze ahead—one of shimmeri
