Lightning_speed

One Tuesday, the Grid hummed with a frantic, rhythmic pulse—the signal for a Terminal Event. A massive cargo freighter, hovering miles above the city, had suffered a stabilizer collapse. In real-time, the ship began its descent, a metal mountain falling toward the glass spires of the residential district. To the people below, it was a sudden shadow and a roar. To Kaelen, it was a giant moving through molasses.

With one final, agonizing burst, he secured the line. He dived behind a fountain just as his perception snapped back to real-time. lightning_speed

As he reached the center of the shadow, he saw the ship’s hull beginning to tear. A massive shard of titanium was shearing off, aimed directly at the city’s primary oxygen scrubber. If that fell, the city wouldn't just be crushed; it would suffocate. One Tuesday, the Grid hummed with a frantic,

Should this be the start of a or a standalone mystery? To the people below, it was a sudden shadow and a roar

The government called it Accelerated Perception. Kaelen called it lightning speed.

Should we focus on the of his powers on his health?

"Did you see that?" she whispered to no one. "It was like... like a flash of lightning."