A scene that came straight from Khan's nightmares unfolded in his view, triggering foreign emotions he had already experienced in the past and giving them newfound intensity.
The scarlet light around what looked like pupils intensified until it became a permanent blemish, giving the aliens more human but devilish eyes. Their gazes also grew sharper, highlighting how that transformation involved more than superficial features.
Meanwhile, the dense black gas coming from the torn horns condensed even more, gaining an ominous radiance that darkened its surroundings, unleashing visible effects.
The white roots around and inside the two aliens quickly disappeared. Chunks of their freezing fabric vanished out of existence, as if erased by an invisible force that perfectly countered and nullified its energy signature.
