When you'd die, a stored incubation is spent instead: you collapse into a dormant cyst and re-emerge a moment later.
Dormant for 2.2 s; enemy shots fizzle
Ordinary cells think you're gone and lose track; bosses, Killer T cells and rivals keep hunting
You re-emerge at the safest spot in the room with part of your health (35% from a Dormant Virion, 40–75% with the Incubation Period trait) and 2.5 s of protection
Works on any death, even a fall into an abyss
From the Codex
The time between catching a virus and feeling sick. The virus is multiplying, but the body hasn't noticed yet, so there are no symptoms.
Fun fact: Flu incubates for about 1–4 days, measles about 10–12, and rabies can take months; HIV's silent clinical latency can last 10 years.
