Borrowed Time

days p

still humming. Quiet, almost imperceptible, but undeniably *alive*. It had never done that befo

lingered. Like a doo

ight, the lab l

laced his hand on the console. It was cold. Icy. He

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as imp

had r

le

ode the safeties. He shouldn't have, but

feed spa

above her glitched, as if trying to decide between dusk and dawn. A

g forward. Or backward

ctly at the cam

as if she knew he'd be watching. "I

n stepp

tch. She had **re

liver of stolen time. And that-according to the laws of physics

bt u

never forgot. Entire hours vanished from digital logs. Memories blurred at the edge

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ave

And for the first time since Chronos had c

imself. Just long enough to

egan, he heard a sound h

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hronized again. On ti

elf had just t