Time/Date: TC1853.01.10-11 (Night to Evening, Day 1-2)
Location: Grandpa Coop's Safe House, Craftsman's Quarter, Ring 6
Raven sat cross-legged on the floor of the safe house, the wooden boards smooth and cool beneath her. She'd stripped down to a simple undershirt and loose pants—if this transformation was as violent as she suspected, she didn't want restrictive clothing making things worse.
The privacy formations hummed around her, layering protections that would muffle sound and deflect detection. Outside, the city slept in the deepest hours of night. Inside, Raven prepared to fundamentally rewrite what it meant to be human.
Her soul space pulsed with awareness. The Dragon Blood Essence Bead sat there—a sphere roughly 35mm in diameter, gleaming with internal golden light. One thousand drops of condensed dragon heart blood. One hundred thousand years of mythical essence compressed into something the size of a large marble.
