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Chrono Journal [Dissonant Sleep], arc 04 – Pulse Divergence

Rei sleeps — but wakes in a world where she was never known. A silence too gentle to resist… and too deep to escape.

Rei sings a song from a version of herself that was never chosen. A melody too real to ignore — and too familiar to reject.

Rei meets a version of herself in the mirror who isn’t just reflection — but reply.

Rei finds a song that was never sung — a hook trapped in memory’s silence, echoing through a timeline that wasn’t chosen.

Rei hears a melody from a timeline she never lived. A song she didn’t write — but somehow remembers.

Rei hears a second rhythm inside her — a divergence she can’t explain. It pulses with the echo of another self.

Rei steps out of the loop — not with force, but with silence. Sometimes, the only escape is to stop repeating.

Rei gives her best performance — and loses herself. In perfection, the system finds its strongest weapon.

Rei hears her own voice answered — not by memory, but by a shadow version of herself. A reflection with no cracks.

Rei begins to fear that the answers are being written for her — before she even forms the questions.