Viktor was thrown into the ground, cracks appearing around the impact. Everything seemed to be white except for flickering black outlines. Viktor’s ears were ringing, but suddenly the world’s colour returned, like rising above the surface of a pool.

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  Smoke fizzled around the… glitch-crater? And in the centre of it… was a boy?

  “Damn, that was crazy!” the boy said.

  “Xavier?!”