CHAPTER - 163 - REALITY_ROTATION! /13.3/

Rain tapped gently against the windowpane, a faint rhythm keeping time with the heartbeat of a young girl lost in her imagination.

"Pshhh! Boom!" she whispered, launching her hand into the air like a rocket. "No worries, citizen! I'm here!"

Svetlana Seryozha, age seven, stood on her bed in a red towel-cape and neon socks, face flushed with pride as she posed like a cartoon hero. Her mother, laughing from the kitchen, wiped her hands with a towel and peeked in.

"Ay, my Super-Sveta," she smiled warmly, her soft Russian accent weaving into the air like a lullaby. "You'll save the world, da?"

Svetlana grinned, jumping off the bed and into her mother's arms. "I will save everyone! And then make you smile every day!"

"Even on the bad ones?" her mother asked teasingly.

"Even on the worst ones," Svetlana replied solemnly.