Cassidy didn't have time to fully process what had just happened. Unsure if she was meant to feel surprised, grief-stricken, or frightened, her mind went blank. A split second later, a synthetic, cold voice resounded in her mind, seemingly reverberating through her very soul:
"Qualified individual found... Scanning... External supernatural object detected... Initiating response. Removal attempted… Removal failed... Object lodged in the subject's soul… Protocol 65431-1 activated. Override instruction activated… Construction of qualified personnel test scene in progress. Subject compatibility analysis initiated. Neurochemical profile analysis in progress. potential assessment underway… Subject compatible. potential significant. Initiating neural interface installation. Conceptual module implant in progress…"
