When Evie regained consciousness, she found herself sweating inside her pod.
Gasping for air, she quickly emerged from the pod, disoriented and shaken by the vividness of her experience.
As she caught her breath, Evie couldn't shake the feeling that something significant had just occurred.
"Was that a dream?" she wondered aloud, her mind racing with unanswered questions and the unsettling sense that her uncle's words held more truth than she dared to believe.
But when Evie felt something hard and cold in her hand, she was startled to find herself holding the Green Card.
"What the–!" she exclaimed in surprise, quickly throwing the card away in shock.
After a moment of hesitation, Evie cautiously retrieved the card and examined it closely, holding it up to the light.
