The golden entity pulsed with light that felt warm and alive, like sunlight given consciousness. As it moved through the shattered dimensional barriers, reality seemed to heal in its wake rather than tear further.

"What do you mean, what we are all about to become?" I demanded, trying to process yet another cosmic surprise.

"Exactly what I said. I am you—all of you—about three thousand years from now." The entity's voice carried harmonics that made my soul resonate. "Or at least, one ...