Timeline: TC1853.02.01 (Night) - Phoenix Awakening Progression
Location: Temporal Distortion Space - North Shrine
Hours 1-4: Muscle Dissolution
The muscle tissue that had served Raven for seventeen years liquefied.
Not a metaphorical description. Actual cellular breakdown as Phoenix essence flooded through every fiber, dissolving existing structure down to fundamental components. The burn-strengthened muscles from Dragon transformation, the tendons forged through recent combat—all melting like ice in a furnace.
The agony transcended anything bone-shattering had offered.
Bones could fracture while maintaining structure. Could break into pieces that still recognized themselves as a skeletal system. But this—this was watching her own body dissolve into components that no longer connected properly.
