[WARNING: CONCEPTUAL HAZARD DETECTED]
[COGNITIVE PROTECTION PROTOCOLS INSUFFICIENT]
[HOST SANITY AT RISK]
Akasha Archive closed Yoo's eyes, but the afterimage remained, burning through his eyelids.
What was that?
[UNKNOWN. CLASSIFICATION IMPOSSIBLE. ENTITY OPERATES OUTSIDE KNOWN PHYSICAL LAWS.]
[RECOMMEND: —ERROR— —ERROR— —SYSTEM REBOOT REQUIRED—]
Akasha Archive went offline.
For the first time in three weeks, Yoo's mind was entirely his own.
And the terror was immediate.
Oh god oh god where am I what's happening I can't breathe the air is wrong the colors are wrong everything is WRONG—
His heart rate spiked from 42 to 180 in two seconds, adrenaline flooded his system, all of the suppressed emotion from three weeks crashed back simultaneously.
I'm going to die, no jokes, I'm falling I don't know where I am I'm alone Akasha Archive is gone I'm just a child I'm not ready for this I'm—
SPLASH.
Water.
Sharp cold
