AT THE SAME TIME
ISABELLA
The system window was still floating above us, glowing softly with its smug little 'CHAPTER 33 PROGRESS: 71%', while Bella continued hiding her burning face behind both hands like someone hoping reality might reset if she waited long enough. Xavier, however, looked thoughtful, very thoughtful which was never a good sign. Then he suddenly clapped his hands once and the sound echoed sharply through the room.
"Why did you clap?"Bella peeked through her fingers.
"System."Xavier looked up at the glowing system window and spoke calmly.
"Command recognized."The blue window flickered.
Michael straightened slightly near the table, Xavier continued in the same composed tone.
"Activate memory reconstruction."The system said.
"What."Bella gasped.
"Skill detected: Memory playback."Then another line appeared.
Everyone slowly turned toward Michael.
"Wait."Michael pointed at himself. His eyes widened. "That's my skill."
"Hold on."Wanessa frowned slightly.
