Tales of Symphonia: Kratos Aurion's Mind-Body Transformation

You take a deep breath. Gradually, a sense of calm blankets your body, quieting whispers of anxiety. As your body sinks into the comforting embrace of the armchair, your vision blurs. Suddenly, a warm flash consumes you. It’s unlike anything you've ever experienced. The sensation pulses like waves from your head to your toes. Suddenly, you're immersed in an unfamiliar realm; a massive open field littered with vibrant patches of bright green grass. You feel a strange sensation crawling through your body, like a sudden gravitational pull and a jolt of electricity all at once. As you automatically reach out, your hands look different than what you’re used to; leaner, stronger, and decidedly masculine. Your clothes shift, evolving from your familiar styles into a crimson armored suit emblazoned with intricate runes. You feel an exceptional strength growing within as if your muscle cells are multiplying. Your chest tightens as the feeling surges through you, rippling across your body like a stone thrown into water. Your perception changes; color becomes brighter, sounds become staler, and the scent of nature around you is richer than ever. Your heart pounds in your ears as adrenaline surges through your veins, fighting the transformation. Suddenly, a shiny silver sword comes within your field of vision. The pommel is adorned with a sparkling sapphire jewel. Despite never having held such a weapon before, you reach out and grab it with impressions of familiarity and confidence. The grip fits your hand, it feels as naturally balanced as an extension of your own arm. Knowledge begins to pour into your mind, like several books are being read all at once. These are not your memories, nor your experiences. Battles, friendships, guilt, pride, a son, a world called Sylvarant- it's a flood of feelings and recollections. An overwhelming tide sweeps over you, washing away your former personality, and replacing them with the tales of a man you know as Kratos Aurion. In these fast-fleeting moments, you experience time in a way that humans aren't supposed to. Days turn into years, years into centuries, and centuries into millennia. A profound sense of understanding latches onto your soul. Despite the overwhelming sensation of aging, your body maintains the physical appearance of a man in his late-twenties. The unfamiliar feeling of time settling around you like an old friend envelopes you, and you accept it. Somehow, you are now more than 4,000 years old. You feel an intense loneliness, the loss of close friends and the sacrifice of love for the greater good, alongside unparalleled determination and courage. As seconds morph into minutes, then hours, you continue to weather this metamorphosis, standing tall amidst the mental tempest. Finally, as you look up at the sky, the scenery is not what you last remember. This world is decidedly different. It's a world, unlike yours, where magic and creatures are as common as the air. This is the world of the Tales of Symphonia anime, and you are Kratos Aurion, standing proud and ready to experience the world once again.