After emerging from the gate, clarity settled in. This time it stayed. The eye above me sharpened and began to ripple reality. The form I carried wanted to return to something familiar, but the eye had learned to separate from the form itself, reshaping it slowly until it could hold. As the new state stabilized, reality responded in subtle ways. This form had access to skills and resources the other never saw. People around me did not notice at first. They spoke to the older version, unaware he was no longer present. Looking back, that was the moment life adjusted to meet me. Someone I had always been, but never had access to until now.
- Above