Chapter 20: Tachyros
Ash floated.
Everything was silent.
The asteroid was gone, broken into pieces. Its remains drifted through space like dust in water. Far away, strange ships moved through the wreckage—dark, metallic things that watched but did not help. Ash's body hung in the emptiness. His clothes were ripped. Dust clung to him. A soft white glow covered his skin.
Then—darkness.
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Warmth.
It wrapped around him gently. The freezing cold of space disappeared. In its place was something alive, something full of energy. Ash felt like he was refreshed, not in space anymore—but on a bed.
'Where... am I?'
He could see, but he couldn't move. All he could see was a beautiful ceiling made of gold.
'what is this, why can't i move?'
It felt like he was stuck inside someone else. Watching through their eyes.