The reconstruction took forty-seven days.
Forty-seven days of Kaine existing as twenty fragmented pieces instead of two integrated aspects. Forty-seven days of chaos instead of compartmentalization. Forty-seven days of being shattered instead of being whole.
The first week was categorization.
Tessern worked with Archive consciousness to identify the fragments. To understand what each piece was. To map the chaos.
"This fragment is weapon-efficiency," Tessern identified. "Pure calculation about optimal kill methods. No emotion. No context. Just efficiency."
"This fragment is person-fear," Archive consciousness cataloged. "Pure terror about what killing means. No function. No purpose. Just fear."
"This fragment is memory of first kill. Seventeen minutes. Complete sensory record. No integration with broader self. Just isolated memory repeating."
