Chapter 23: Careful What You Wish For
Orion sat cross-legged on the cold training floor, his mind straining under the weight of everything Aryan had just told him. Vyomnetra's Eye—his newly awakened Perception Sigil—wasn't just about seeing faster. It was about rewiring the way his brain processed reality.
Aryan stood in front of him, arms crossed. "Activate it."
Orion inhaled, then exhaled slowly, activating the Eye.
A sharp pressure stabbed through his skull. His vision widened—colors overcorrected, depth flattened, and the world twisted at the edges.
He blinked hard, trying to adjust, but it was like drowning in raw data. Every movement, every micro-shift in Aryan's stance, the faintest contraction of muscle fibers—it all crashed into his mind at once. Too much.
His breath hitched. His head throbbed. He pressed a palm to his temple, fighting the nausea.
Aryan clicked his tongue. "Your brain can't keeping up."
"No shit." Orion squeezed his eyes shut, rubbing his forehead. The afterimages still burned in his retinas.
Aryan crouched beside him. "Vyomnetra's Eye doesn't just enhance sight. It forces your brain to process more information than it should be able to handle. You're not just perceiving reality faster—you're rewriting your own interpretation of it." He tapped Orion's temple. "The human mind isn't built for that."
Orion swallowed, trying to push through the migraine. "So how do I keep up?"
"The biggest mistake people make with Perception Sigils is thinking they need to absorb everything" Aryan said bluntly. "You have to train your brain to discard unnecessary data. You need to filter. Prioritize."