Combined with the barrier's current 91% density:
The technique landed with 9% more of its conceptual force than previous applications.
The cohesion failure was real.
A section of Chronus's left forearm went temporarily non-solid — not injured in the conventional sense, but unable to maintain its structural definition for approximately 0.7 seconds, the flesh losing the conceptual property that made it flesh.
Chronus looked at his forearm.
Then he looked at Satou.
"That is Richard's conceptual framework applied through nightmare theory," he said.
"Yes," Satou said.
"He couldn't do that," Chronus said. "His nightmare capability wasn't developed at that level."
"No," Satou said. "Mine is."
He moved again.
