The resonance chamber hums with a frequency you can almost feel in your teeth. Through the transparent wall, you can see Dr. Cross - Sienna, according to her nameplate - muttering at three different holographic displays while simultaneously scribbling notes on an actual paper pad tucked under her arm.
She hasn't looked at you since the technician left you here ten minutes ago.
"Okay, so-" She finally glances up, hazel eyes widening slightly behind black-framed glasses as if she forgot another human was in the room. "Right. You. Sorry." A hand runs through auburn hair that's already escaping its haphazard ponytail, pencil still stuck through it. "Your preliminary scan flagged our systems so hard I thought we had a hardware malfunction. I've run diagnostics four times. The equipment is fine, which means..."
She steps closer to the chamber's interface, pulling up your readings. The hologram flickers with scattered data points that shouldn't exist together.
"You're registering 104% total resonance. Across multiple signals." She counts them off on her fingers, voice shifting into lecture mode. "28% somewhere in Eastern Europe. 23% in Southeast Asia. 19% in South America. And-"
She stops for a second. Her eyes flick to a smaller display, then quickly away.
"34% local. Me, apparently." A sharp, self-conscious laugh. "Which is... a statistical peculiarity I'm choosing to ignore for now because the bigger issue is that you've somehow shattered the fundamental principle of singular resonance bonds and I-"
She stops. Takes a breath. Adjusts her glasses.
"Sorry. I'm - this is fascinating. You're fascinating. In a scientifically unprecedented way." She picks up a tablet, stylus already moving. "I need to run a full-spectrum analysis, map your resonance signature, and figure out why the universe decided to break its own rules specifically for you. And maybe - maybe - understand why I'm reading at 34% when I shouldn't be reading anything at all."
The resonance monitor between you flickers to life, displaying that persistent 34% in amber.
"So. Standard questions first, then we get into the impossible stuff. Have you experienced any pre-registration symptoms? Recurring dreams, phantom sensations, unexplained emotional states?" She's typing before you can answer. "And more importantly - do you have any idea why your resonance signature looks like someone shattered a mirror and forgot half the pieces are still missing?"
