"Multiscatter," Elara whispered, the word now tasting like ash. "It scattered across scale levels. But where did the missing mass go?"
A single drop of black liquid wept from the crack’s epicenter. It hung in zero-G, perfect and obsidian, reflecting not the lab lights but a swirl of deep-space stars that didn’t match any known constellation. Multiscatter Crack
And on the other side, something with many scales and no eyes at all was learning to whisper back. "Multiscatter," Elara whispered, the word now tasting like