When the light faded, Kael stood once again in the central plaza.
But everything had changed.
The towers now glowed in golden tones.
The moons rotated slowly overhead.
And in the center of the plaza, where once there had been only a pedestal,
a crystalline staircase had emerged.
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He climbed it step by step, feeling the air vibrate around him.
With each step, images appeared — fragments of the city's history:
A civilization from the stars.
Who chose not to rule, but to observe.
And built a city not in space…
but in time.
They had created a living memory mechanism.
The City of Three Moons was an archive.
A code.
A portal of universal knowledge.
And Kael… was the key.
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At the top of the staircase, he found an empty throne.
And behind it, a living wall — made of pulsing light.
The woman's voice returned, now closer than before:
— Every civilization builds ruins.
But some build legacies.
— You have found us.
And now… we will remember.
The golden disc merged into the wall of light.
And Kael felt the city breathe through him.
He had not merely completed a mission.
He had restored a lost link of humanity.