By IMERPUS RELUR
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The tower collapsed into radiant lines.
Not rubble—ribbons of code and emotion.
Memories turned to light, spinning around Kai as the world unknotted itself.
Reya shielded her eyes.
Elai stepped forward, glowing now—not with power, but with recognition.
> "You drew me to be something fragile," she said. "But I held the part of you too afraid to create again."
> "I never meant to break you," Kai said.
> "You didn't. You just stopped loving what you began."
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A panel opened above them, larger than any before:
> [SYSTEM OVERRIDE IN PROGRESS]
Core Identity: ELAI – REWRITTEN
Creator-Class Role Updated: Bearer of the Unwritten Worlds
Kai watched as all the discarded fragments from the tanks below rose upward—
concepts, forgotten ideas, broken sketches—
and began forming worlds.
Elai turned to him, offering her hand.
> "We don't have to build the old way anymore."
He took it.
And together, they walked into a corridor of mirrors, each showing a different version of him.
Some cruel. Some afraid. Some laughing.
But one mirror… was blank.
And it was calling him.
> [NEW PATH CREATED]
✦ WORLD 3: The Realm of Blank Mirrors
Status: Undefined
Entry Allowed: Yes
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Reya followed behind silently.
> "Where are we going?" Kai asked.
Elai smiled. "To where the next question lives."
And the moment they stepped through—
> [ARC I COMPLETE – THE SHRINE AND THE DAUGHTER]
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