Chapter #2: Three Hours of Sleep

After another restless night, Kai wakes with the strange feeling that something about his surroundings is wrong. Familiar places seem different, memories refuse to line up, and for a moment, it feels like he has stepped into a version of the world that shouldn’t exist. As he tries to shake off the confusion and return to his normal routine, the boundary between dreams, memories, and reality begins to blur. What Kai dismisses as exhaustion may be the first sign that something buried deep within him is starting to surface.