"Bloody hell is happening! Automaton!" I howled as I barely controlled my footing. The moment awareness snapped back fully into place, it came with violence.
The entire space around me lurched as though something massive had just struck reality itself. The white room shuddered, not subtly but with deep, bone-rattling tremors that traveled through the floor and up my legs.
My balance nearly gave out immediately. Muscles that had barely recovered protested the sudden demand for control, and for a moment I had to widen my stance just to avoid collapsing again.
The air itself felt unstable, humming faintly with pressure that shouldn't exist in a place like this. Another distant rumble rolled through everything, low and vast, like thunder echoing across a hollow sky.
