LYRA'S POV
The fragmentation was unlike anything I had experienced during previous episodes. My consciousness existed in seven distinct locations simultaneously without the unifying awareness that would have made such distribution functional rather than chaotic. I was in the training chamber where my physical body remained frozen while Marcus documented my condition.
I was in shadow spaces where darkness moved with purposes I could no longer direct or understand. I was in dimensional layers where time moved at different rates and causality functioned according to rules that made no sense from a singular perspective. Each version of myself was aware of the others but unable to communicate or coordinate, like watching seven different conversations happen simultaneously without being able to focus on any single thread long enough to comprehend meaning.
