A brief but seismic interruption occurred during a routine Lucid security announcement when a split-screen broadcast replaced the feed—showing Robert Kilpatrick face-to-face with an older, visibly altered version of himself.
The older Kilpatrick bore arcane implants and a scorched Triumvirate insignia across his collarbone. “You still think we win this?” he asked, voice distorted. “We don’t. Not yet.” Before the signal cut out, he reached toward the screen as though trying to breach the barrier.
Analysts are now debating whether this was a deliberate resistance stunt, a Lucid hallucination, or an actual convergence glitch pulling echoes into real-time. Kilpatrick has not commented. But his team has gone dark.
