rantically across Aislinn's vis

shredding through her veins. It was violently tea

he bit down so hard her jaw popped, swallowing her own

r pale skin. The dark matter was physically

e her skull. Host vitals dropping below

ntal consciousness int

er neck exploded with a ter

d warped. The air around Aislinn collapsed i

d, swallowing her

r eyes again, the rust

transparent medical pod, submerg

aw an endless, pristine white v

y into her spine. The milky fluid rushed into her lungs, but i

knit together. Muscle fibers reattached. Ski

to life above the pod. It was the residual AI o

gh the fluid. "To survive the dark matter p

lueprints expanded on a holograp

She scrolled past them, locking her eyes on th

link, her thoughts sharp and uncompromising. I want t

s. Then, it unlocked the highest-

from the base of the medical pod. They swar

o systematically shatter her bones and rebuild them denser. They shredded her

r fused with t

n was absolute agony, but the ru

pace. A single second in the real wo

at pod for three

ing while the AI downloaded decades of top-tier bio-

cle absorbed into her heart

ay instantly. The glass po

was gone. Her skin glowed with a flawless, lethal vitality. She took a