Our eyes meet across the impossible space between us, and something inside me shifts.
It's like having a word lost on the tip of your tongue and finally remembering it, or finding the last piece of a puzzle you didn't even know you were solving.
Click.
Their mouth moves, and this time the words reach me, though they're fragmented, breaking apart like ships lost in a storm:
"...not alone..." Their voice sounds ancient, carrying the weight of centuries.
"...hidden too long..." A pause, their form flickering like a candle in the wind.
"...the third ones..."
I take a step closer, desperate to hear more, to understand.
"What are you trying to tell me? Who are the third ones?"
But something's happening to the space around us.
The colors are shifting faster now, the whispers growing more urgent.
I can feel power radiating from this other hybrid… so much power that it makes my teeth ache and my vision blur.