The root of the problem was now clear.
The soul had operated at triple speed for thirty in-game days, whereas the physical body had only experienced ten. The discharge rhythm of neural synapses and the feedback loop of muscle memory were all stuck on the "older version" from ten days prior.
This frequency mismatch left the physical body unable to respond in time, triggering a rejection response that screamed, "This is not my body."
When a "fast-forwarded" soul attempted to reconnect with a physical vehicle that had been left idling for ten days, the accelerator, brakes, and steering wheel all felt foreign and sluggish.
"Cognitive dissonance, identity displacement..."
Allen's fingertips swiped across the light screen, highlighting several key terms.
"This is consciousness jet lag," he concluded, officially defining the phenomenon.
