Kael's vision split again—two names flickering in the corner of his HUD.
Kael | Revek
Echo began fraying, glitching with every second they lingered. "This place is recognizing your original code. You have to decide."
A terminal rose from the digital earth beneath them, blooming like a lotus of wire and script.
[Override Access Detected. Revek Kairos may initiate one of three protocols:]
Reintegrate (Merge Kael and Revek)
Purge (Erase Kael permanently)
Abort (Delete Revek, keep Kael intact)
Kael's hand hovered.
"Who do I want to be?" he whispered.
Echo's voice was low, almost human. "It's not about who you were. It's who you must become to finish this."
Kael slammed his fist onto the terminal.
[Protocol Selected: REINTEGRATE]
The world buckled.
Kael screamed—not in pain, but in revelation.
Code, memory, instincts—merged.
[REINTEGRATION SUCCESSFUL. You are no longer Kael. You are Revek. With memory. With will. With vengeance.]