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Years later, we find Val trying to navigate life as a “Pulser,” a term used for individuals who wake up into a chaotic reality after consuming too much Impulse 9. The fact that society holds a deep disdain for Pulsers adds to the emotional weight of her situation. Val strives to hide her past as she tries to fulfill her responsibilities in the community while wrestling with the guilt of abandoning her family for her past ambitions.
Her character arc emphasizes a poignant struggle—balancing her desire for redemption in a lost world with her conflicting emotions towards her husband and children, whose existence now feels foreign to her.