A jolt rocked the dreamspace. The High Origin Echo stirred again, furious, incomplete. It clawed through the fragile memory-world, breaking time like glass. Ethan and Aelira awoke to an unraveling horizon—a boundary between dimensions ruptured.
[SYSTEM ALERT: Worldskin Breach Detected – Containment Protocols Failing]
From the cracks emerged mirror-beasts, remnants of failed Kaelens, each one bearing a warped version of his face. They charged, screeching psionic warnings, trying to overwrite Ethan's mind.
But Aelira stood firm at his side, her blades burning brighter than ever.
"This time," she said, "we rewrite them."
Together, they activated Heartlink Surge. Their pulses synchronized. Every strike she made fed power to Ethan's Echo Armament. Every decision he made sharpened her aim.
It was a symphony of battle, of union.
At the end, the mirror-beasts shattered, their data absorbed.
[SYSTEM STATUS: Corrupted Echoes Purged – Origin Stability Recovered by 13% | Affinity Link: Peak Harmony]