Princess Astra’s psychological enslavement and fractured loyalty between the Shadow’s control and her allies

Romana voices escalating alarm over the time loop’s fragility, warning that detaching the tracer risks collapse and mass destruction on Zeos and Atrios. Astra—ostensibly an ally—reacts with disoriented obedience when …

Astra’s body jerks free of the device choking her mind as the Shadow withdraws his control, leaving her disoriented and gasping in the eerie lair half-light. Romana immediately names the …