"...."
Rey stared at his duplicate, his mind racing through impossible scenarios, trying to comprehend what he was witnessing. The other Rey stood there with that knowing smile, radiating the same Chaos signature as him.
Then the duplicate stepped forward, and Rey felt something shift in reality around them.
"Don't resist," the other Rey said calmly. "This will only take a moment."
Before Rey could react, the duplicate dissolved into pure mystical energy—Ether at its most fundamental level, consciousness freed from physical form. The energy surged toward Rey, and he felt it merge with his own essence in a way that was both alien and intimately familiar.
Memories flooded his mind.
Not new memories, but ones he'd deliberately partitioned away.
The complete plan, hidden from his own conscious awareness to ensure no interrogation or Soul examination could reveal it, even if he was captured.
And suddenly, Rey remembered everything.
