Bad Medicine
It was disorienting, almost painful.
“Don’t let it distract you,” I told him, voice steadier than I felt. “Remember us. Remember what’s real.”
We moved forward, threading between distorted memories and illusions, until the shadow solidified into something almost human, almost like my father—but not entirely. Its eyes glimmered with intelligence, calculating and cruel.
“Impressive,” it said, voice layered with both him and something else, something unfamiliar. “You survived the storm. But you’ve only scratched the surface. I am evolution, Doctor. And you, warrior, are part of the equation.”
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