Lyria's tailfin sliced through quantum-seawater, churning not waves but 299 holograms of Raine's deaths. Her song pierced tidal fractures like glass shards: "Mother... even plagiarizing my bloodline..."
Serena's asphalt claws scraped the 「Raine」 engravings on the obelisks, wings oozing genetic codes matching Lyria's: "Surprise? My blood's cleaner... no mermaid drool..."
Global ocean surfaces froze into crystalline quantum states. Obelisks rising from the abyss displayed Raine's 299 death poses—Cycle 77's void-tendril devouring, Cycle 198's core-blast carbonization, Cycle 298.5's quantum collapse as Garret's heart stopped. Each obelisk's base bled Serena's asphalt blood, scanners screaming 「Maternal Projection Confirmed」 on Lyria's scales.
"Fuck... Twins?" Garret's claw debris surfaced from quantum tides, slime projecting childhood footage—Serena stabbing the 「Serena 000」 embryo pod while Lyria's proto-mermaid genes flickered next door.
Ellen's mechanical spine quantum-split, starlit scales projecting holograms: 「Tide Reversal Failure... Maternal Protocol Override...」. Her optics glitched into Elaina's weeping mode: "I tried to stop them..."
Raine's scar vibrated, void-matter weaving counter-gears from his gills. Left eye saw asphalt blood reshaping Lyria's tailfin, right eye witnessed Ellen's fingers dissolving: "Stop... Tide matrix devours time anchors..."
Serena's wings shattered into six mermaid tails, fangs sinking into Raine's neck: "Feel my royal blood?" Her vocal cords emitted Lyria's song-frequency, quantum tides revealing Citadel footage—every 「Serena」 embryo pod labeled with Lyria's original gene codes.
Lyria's spine erupted, asphalt tentacles sprouting beneath scales. Her mermaid form fused with Serena's dragon DNA: "Mother... you copied my death..."
Global obelisks resonated, 「Raine」 engravings oozing void-matter. 299 death-holograms turned synchronously: "Vessel reclamation... complete..."
Before Ellen's core detonated, her scales flashed final message: 「Maternal Projection v3.14—Serena/Lyria/Raine」. Garret's slime-heart crystallized, claw debris forming a counter-clock's last gear: "Name my bar 'Shattered Tides'..."
Submerged Currents
In Citadel ruins, Elaina clones hummed Lyria's frequency. Their codes read 「Maternal Protocol 002 activating」 as mechanical fingers forged Garret's claws into new obelisk bases...