Alvara

“That's impossible,“ I said slowly.

Elias shook his head, running a trembling hand through his messy hair. “I wish it were.“

“Show us the console,“ Kai says calmly.

Stepping aside, Elias displayed the Aurora clone model on the sandbox. Unlike the holographic projection Lokwell had shown us earlier in the conference room, the grid lines of the clone model were blazing, the three nodes flickering with unstable energy.

Below it, numbers were increasing.

“Power output: 71%,“ I read. “Why is it already that high?“

“Because the system went straight into live simulation mode,“ Elias explained. “Whoever started it bypassed the gradual ramp-up phase.“

Kai leaned forward, “What's the estimated...