[Withdrawing from the network took just as much time as integrating seemed to. Angel had to pull her consciousness back together, had to convince it to think for itself, rather than following each and every pulse and impulse.]
[In the interim, the data upload ticked by, reaching fifty percent by the time Angel willed herself to open her eyes. She gulped in a massive breath, her mind struggling to reintegrate itself with its proper body. The lights and sounds from the house, the city assailed her, far too complicated compared to the simplicity her mind had adjusted to.]
[A hand flew out, gripping Shiro's flesh one, anchoring herself to the land of reality. It had been far too long since she'd allowed herself to phaseshift for an extended period of time. The side-effects were unexpected, to put it mildly.]
[And before them, Angel's TAB lit up. The data sync was completed.]
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[In the interim, the data upload ticked by, reaching fifty percent by the time Angel willed herself to open her eyes. She gulped in a massive breath, her mind struggling to reintegrate itself with its proper body. The lights and sounds from the house, the city assailed her, far too complicated compared to the simplicity her mind had adjusted to.]
[A hand flew out, gripping Shiro's flesh one, anchoring herself to the land of reality. It had been far too long since she'd allowed herself to phaseshift for an extended period of time. The side-effects were unexpected, to put it mildly.]
[And before them, Angel's TAB lit up. The data sync was completed.]