The other soldiers saw him. Eren, Mikasa, Armin—they were there, fighting for their lives against a wave of pure Titans. They stared at Kaelen as if he were a ghost.

Then he hit .

But the emulator had limits. A warning flashed red: .

He scrolled past Controls , Graphics , Audio . He stopped at System .

When Kaelen opened his eyes, he was no longer in the ruined mall.

The world had ended not with a bang, but with a low battery warning.