Nobody spoke after Ariadne's warning.
The underground chamber seemed to shrink around them beneath the violent glow of the synchronization core.
Camille couldn't breathe properly.
Her brain may not survive the separation.
The words echoed endlessly in her head while alarms screamed overhead and the entire facility trembled around them.
Dante looked completely still beside her.
Too still.
Which terrified her more than panic would have.
Victor's voice came quietly through the comms for once.
"There has to be another way."
Adrian kept scanning the terminal rapidly, sweat visible along his forehead now.
"I'm trying to find one."
The Architect simply watched everyone calmly.
Like this was all inevitable.
Like people breaking apart emotionally in front of him was just another equation being solved.
Camille hated him.
Deeply.
Dante finally spoke.
"What exactly happens during the override?"
Ariadne answered softly through the speakers.
