s*x in death
He was at the Source, alone with Silas, while I was trapped in a cage match with my own past.
"He can't hear you," the First Life whispered. She was suddenly standing inches from me, her face a mask of cold curiosity. "In this timeline, he hasn't met you yet. To him, you're just a ghost in the machine. But to me? You're a parasite."
She raised her hand. A violet blade, sharper and more stable than mine, hummed to life. She didn't swing; she stabbed.
I rolled to the side, the blade carving a deep trench into the stone floor where my head had been a second before. I swung my Scythe in a low arc, aiming for her legs.