As Parker's cosmic energy surged through Cassidy's veins, her consciousness expanded beyond the confines of her mortal shell. Her soul—once tethered to physical limitations—stretched into a semi-divine state of being.
Her eyes, previously focused on spreadsheets and corporate acquisitions, now perceived reality in fractal layers that normal humans couldn't comprehend. The pedestrians around her transformed from people into luminous energy signatures—pulsing constellations of life force that she could extinguish with a casual thought.
Her earlier abilities, once impressive by even supernatural standards, now seemed like child's toys compared to the cosmic toolbox suddenly available to her.
Cassidy gasped as her perception shifted radically. The very air around her decomposed into its component atoms, visible as dancing particles that she could rearrange at will. Her body hummed with limitless vitality, cells regenerating before they could even begin to deteriorate.
