[EXTERIOR: THE ORIGIN STATION]

The station is a halo of fractured geometry—a torus laced with fractal cores and timelines stretched into threads.
It is not built. It is grown—a living archive of self.

As DREAM connects, its resonance folds inward.
The traveler’s heart slows. His pulse syncs with the station.

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[INTERIOR: REFLECTION CHAMBER – PHASE ONE]

He steps from the vessel into a circular chamber bathed in amber light.
Across from him—
himself.

A version of the traveler from a moment he never speaks of.
Younger. Eyes colder. Shoulders straighter. Smiling—but wrong.

PAST REFLECTION:
“You left me here. You thought you could move on without carrying me.
But I never left. I’ve been watching.
Every moon you built… every choice you second-guessed.
And still, you pretend like you’ve changed.”

A mirror forms between them—rippled like mercury.

DREAM SYSTEM PROMPT:
Confront the Reflection
Option A: Destroy the Echo
Option B: Accept the Echo