Cel stopped before the monolith, grateful for the excuse to focus on something other than the heat still crawling up his neck.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVezgyMZyt
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The surface rippled like water, runes burning against his vision:107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4usoHTxPl
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<Name: Celvian> 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ82yahrvgO
<Paragons: (Heir to the Moon) (White Death)> 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXE4MyZODV
<Artifacts: (Silent Moon) (Cinderward)> 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQacyfouaM
<Insights: (Ledger of Nightmares)> 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFH2XE2dB7
<Achievements: (2)>107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz0iaxznBC
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He focused on the achievements line.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQpy6ZfOjf
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<Achievements: (You died) (You entered a new dimension)>107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfUwh5PeEv
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Cel stared at the words.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy5FJ1QiO9
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Crazy. Both of them sounded absolutely insane when laid out like that.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLV4xmtccL
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The first he'd earned by dying - something that should have ended everything. The second one was new. A record of stepping into the Reckoning's base - that floating island in the crackling violet void.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9TuutDwFX
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His brow furrowed.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rG3p0bVoY
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Not the Hollow Realms. Not the real world either. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttvMSoVRcW
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A completely separate dimension.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7VsAwSHIP
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But how?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVu9wuGrXY
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Did the Reckoning find it somehow? Stumble across a rift that led to an empty pocket of reality and claim it?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Sh5yE2zeb
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Or had someone created it?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L4AHQM124
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The thought made his stomach twist. Creating an entire dimension seemed impossible - the kind of power that shouldn't exist outside of gods themselves.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt8zuti6qo
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But the Reckoning had nine members. Several of them legendary figures - the Mercenary King, the second prince of the Empire, a Hallowed. And Veyron led them all, had welcomed him based solely on Selina's description.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfNaua6DXg
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What kind of person could lead such figures? And what kind of power did someone like that possess?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdg2zcPniL
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Cel's jaw tightened. More questions without answers.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3DhNIwgh4
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His gaze shifted back to his paragons. One of them had received a new trait.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgR54SC50P
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He focused on Heir to the Moon first.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly8P3kuTSe
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<Traits: (Lunar Vigor) (Unbroken Succession) (Eternal Witness)>107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnOb38DccL
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<Enlightment: "The moon is never the same twice, yet she is always herself. Full tonight, crescent tomorrow, vanished the next - but never gone. They call it change. The moon calls it constancy.">107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz6rMkOeDS
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Three traits now, instead of two.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BM5Hrysy0
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Eternal Witness. The new addition.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgRbBmBDsd
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Cel narrowed his focus on it and the runes shifted again.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYwloqIrbS
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<Effect: Your body has adapted to the moon's eternal watch. You no longer require sleep.>107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPCKIAJiOM
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For a moment, he simply stared.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBpA1madQc
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Then the implication hit him like a physical blow.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OuoTh96M0
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No sleep.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblSvWRBVCn
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Never again.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2imWgzEwW
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Several hours every night that other people lost to unconsciousness - hours he could use however he wanted. Training. Reading. Thinking. Living.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyKiytmozC
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The sheer value of that…107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPVoJalpkq
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And it wasn't just time. Sleep was vulnerability. A period where threats could approach unnoticed, where defenses lowered whether you wanted them to or not.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihyYY1stim
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Now he'd never have to worry about that again.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMW4GhpS1P
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His throat felt tight.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF0t7dr66o
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'Thank you.'107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrd561AfLHh
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The thought rose unbidden, directed not at the goddess but at Selina. Her presence. Her rank as a Divine Oracle.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjyTtLMwfD
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Because she held that rank, his blessing carried weight it wouldn't have otherwise.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIoi44PUjD
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Other Chosen received abilities suited to survival. Basic enhancements. Modest authorities.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dKZiNJMOd
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He'd been given resurrection. And now even the freedom from one of humanity's most fundamental limitations.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bJ8mLDGNN
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All because Selina stood as his guide.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA0h0b5ebu
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'I don't deserve you,' he thought. 'But I'm grateful anyway.'107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl48HP58R3X
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The monolith's light dimmed as his focus withdrew, runes fading back into its surface.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCEzAvUBYU
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Cel turned away, finding Selina still standing in the mist nearby, that serene smile in place.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6Gk32Wl8F
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"I’m leaving now," he said quietly.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAcoUkpFL1
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"May the Moon Goddess light your path, Chosen One."107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG9CHar1Ft
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The blessing settled over him like a gentle weight. Familiar now. Comforting in a way few things were.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0VaeUGBer
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He nodded once, then closed his eyes and reached for the boundary of his soul.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwyRBM5YBO
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The world shifted.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXkLWkJH6a
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Darkness greeted him.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1udYtNbE1B
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Cel blinked, momentarily disoriented before realizing that he was still in his room.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBfXr5fivC
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The night had fallen while he was gone.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4o6a1reyV
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He pushed himself up from the bed, joints protesting slightly despite his divinely enhanced body.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IQk8Fnz6n
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The window showed only blackness beyond - no moon visible from this angle. Street sounds had faded to occasional distant footsteps and the creak of settling wood.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4BCa3XYhr
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His body felt... strange. Not tired, exactly. But worn in a way that had nothing to do with physical exhaustion.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteDsE2pXLD
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Like he'd been running for days and only just realized he could stop.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwdrM6prmo
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Eternal Witness meant he didn't need sleep anymore.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYymGwU26y
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But that didn't mean he couldn't sleep.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm21IKIvtVP
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And right now, despite everything, the thought of lying down and letting unconsciousness take him felt impossibly appealing.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUXoPKG493
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Just for a little while.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN39MhrG6A
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Cel moved to the bed and sat on its edge, then swung his legs up and lay back.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZs3cPOORA
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The mattress was thin. The pillow barely deserved the name.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9ojFQBdTM
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But it was soft. Safe.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5rbmWTLXz
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He stared at the ceiling, watching shadows shift across wooden beams.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVGU79Ww3C
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Ten days until the Academy started.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkPuKs7j70
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Ten days to figure out what it meant to live instead of just survive.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB2nM0UGss
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He still didn't know how.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP1CILpo61
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But Selina believed he could learn.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8duAdx7ua
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That would have to be enough.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5iLe66tgS
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His eyes drifted shut.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZmp7Zu1xs
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Sleep came easier than it had any right to, pulling him down into darkness.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS44X1wjEm2
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The nightmare came like it always did - his father's fists, his mother's silence, the cultists' hands reaching through rusted bars. Familiar horrors cycling through his mind in vivid detail.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1qUbyK5cK
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Cel jerked awake gasping, sweat-soaked and shaking.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyhRmddoWK
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Gray light filtered through the window. Dawn approaching.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo77Nh5gyZ
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Just a dream.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMNMBFIpFb
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The same dream that appeared every single night.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO8wSFB6fM
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His breathing slowly steadied as awareness fully returned.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZldVKl5GY
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Except now…107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oiTsYg6VP
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Now it wouldn't.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7mmJ5zhGt
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Thanks to his new trait Eternal Witness, he no longer required sleep, which meant no more nightmares dragging him back through his trauma.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWwQz1UuC7
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Relief hit him so hard it felt physical - a weight lifting from his chest that he hadn't fully realized was there until it vanished.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQvMLgOAwf
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He could sleep if he wanted to. The trait didn't prevent it. But he'd never need to again. Never be forced to surrender consciousness and hope the nightmares didn't come.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrPbPJ9dBY
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He could just... stay awake. Forever, if he chose.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEWZ9YUnFx
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The freedom in that felt impossible.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeJ3Zr07Wy
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Cel sat up slowly, running a hand through sweat-dampened hair. His white hair - still strange to see when he caught glimpses of it. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODPYPOcRRv
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Sunlight streamed through the window, bright and clean, spilling across the floor in a warm rectangle. The day stretched ahead of him - hours and hours with no structure, no purpose.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHewyH3mSDK
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What was he supposed to do now?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIRhiuJ0bm
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Selina's advice drifted back to him. ‘Rest. Enjoy the peaceful time you have been given. Do the things that bring you joy.’107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaKuayUyct
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Cel's jaw tightened.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBiZs1QRTX
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He still didn't know what brought him joy. Didn't know how to just... exist without purpose or goal.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FRXJsaWuG
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Training made sense. Preparing for threats made sense. But wandering around looking for something that made him smile?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65B0KOzpBs
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He didn't even know where to start.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kZx6C8WeS
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His thoughts circled back to the only moment recently where something close to peace had touched him.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiWBaABa93
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Talking with Selina.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXyiBredPr
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Not during the trial. Not when she explained his abilities or warned him about dangers. Just... talking. Her patience. Her gentle certainty. The way she listened without judgment and answered without condescension.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWcnFB76vr
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The way she smiled…107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BBGHuwQ0G
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Heat crept up his neck at the memory of that radiant expression.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O0hYUlpTz
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He wanted to see that again.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWrWyALOIX
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Wanted to talk with her more. Ask her questions that had nothing to do with survival or power. Learn what she thought about things. Hear her voice without the weight of divine guidance hanging over every word.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQiJhosAg9
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The desire settled in his chest, warm and uncomfortable.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY4HhxqaGW
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But she was a Divine Oracle. The highest authority beneath the gods themselves.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHnAZiGTlm
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Why would she want to spend time with someone like him?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwUxSj9ZdJ
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She guided him because it was her duty. Her role. Not because she enjoyed his company or found him interesting.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlyb6Q2v97
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Expecting anything else was just…107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfRo8rDVOs
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Delusional.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRQRpMDuRM
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Cel pushed himself off the bed, suddenly restless. The room felt too small again. Confining.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD2SgN4t4j
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Maybe he should go outside. Walk through the Academy grounds. Get familiar with the place before classes started.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jeIc09OGQ
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Or maybe he should practice with Silent Moon. Test how Empathic Steel responded to different emotional states.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5EGev7ZLF
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Or—107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq2pLz8pmF
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Three sharp knocks echoed through the small room.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmHO803DmM
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Cel froze.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTdAx8chav
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Every muscle in his body went rigid. His hand moved instinctively toward where Silent Moon would materialize if he called it.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrValhv0wJP
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No one knew he was here. No one except the Reckoning and the receptionist who'd enrolled him.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTqlFwCnzT
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The knocks came again.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxNL7mRBNq
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Cel moved to the door silently and stopped, listening.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nEF5eOKvC
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Breathing on the other side. Steady. Calm.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqPnDogz1A
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Not threatening, then. Or very good at pretending not to be.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKYJG5aQFr
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He reached for the handle and pulled the door open.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyx3kw4HGS
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The receptionist stood in the hallway, holding a neatly folded bundle of dark fabric. Her expression was professional but tired - like this was just another task in a long shift.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnLIuHS4xF
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"Apologies for the early hour," she said without preamble. "I meant to deliver these yesterday, but the paperwork took longer than expected." She held out the bundle. "Your Academy uniform and monthly allowance."107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3UXyq2fh3
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Cel stared at the offered items, his hand still hovering near where Silent Moon would appear.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZiBatXZXS
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The woman's gaze tracked the motion, then returned to his face without comment. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriMvaZLX4w
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"The uniform is required for classes and official Academy functions," she continued when he didn't immediately take it. "You're free to wear whatever you like otherwise." She shifted the bundle slightly. "The allowance is standard for commoner students - it should cover your needs."107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSota2YeXoS
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Cel finally reached out and took the bundle.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeNL9eV4dw
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"The Library is open from dawn to midnight. Same goes for the training grounds. Curfew's at midnight for commoner dorms."107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB5HMPfjX6
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She paused, watching him with that same tired professionalism.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTOTSWAQM4
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“Any questions?"107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QjLgSTedY
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Cel's throat worked. Too many questions, actually. But none that she could answer.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4xpYcO8IK
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"No."107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa13J6AgeuM
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The woman nodded once. "Then I'll leave you to settle in. Welcome to the Chosen Academy."107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTnkgse5Qs
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She turned and walked away down the dim hallway, footsteps fading into silence.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjzoFA4qTJ
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Cel stood in the doorway for a moment longer, then stepped back inside.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gCytoOlei
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He moved to the bed, set the bundle down and carefully unfolded it.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDQjuvO8AI
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The uniform spilled out first - dark fabric that looked almost black, with silver threading along the collar and cuffs. Well-made. Practical. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhfV3FYSLO
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Over the heart, embroidered in that same silver thread, was the crescent moon symbol of the Moon Goddess.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmMqhpd7go
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Cel's fingers traced over it slowly.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSEICttyCA
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The uniform was stiff. Formal. The kind of thing that would announce what he was to everyone who saw him.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sXvh2Azvs
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Moon Chosen. Academy student. Commoner.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jIrCPuadc
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His fingers pulled away from the silver crescent.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT10mSJLZB
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The cloth pouch filled with silver coins came next. More money than he'd imagined. Enough to live on for a month, apparently.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDq0UWeUcI
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He weighed the pouch in his palm. Heavy. Solid. Real.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRHEmD9lxZ
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Wealth he'd earned simply by existing. By being Chosen.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqxt3Nh7x2
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The thought sat strangely in his chest.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwgCUsi8T5
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Cel set the coins down and picked up the uniform again. He already had something to wear. Cinderward - an artifact of the blessed grace that protected without restricting, felt right in a way this stiff formal uniform never would.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dfhHb3zQM
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He folded the uniform carefully and set it in the wardrobe. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCsiEljE4w
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The sky was brightening properly now through the window - dawn breaking across the city in shades of gold and pale blue.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByIfa6geRT
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Hours stretching ahead with nothing to do and no idea how to fill them.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1kNkgeIYx
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‘Do the things that bring you joy.’ Selina's advice echoed again, gentle and impossible.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpDGGTKOIU
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Cel's fingers drummed against his thigh as he considered his options.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgwZ5AOuk9
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His gaze tracked to the door.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqSD1LAQEE
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Outside was a city. Stella - the capital. Streets he'd barely seen while Esrin marched him to the Academy. People living normal lives, doing normal things.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QwZtrOIjn
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When was the last time he'd walked somewhere without a destination?107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69pwLgsfPP
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Never, probably.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaMjwd4K8y
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Maybe that was where he should start. With just... walking.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbc9Mp32UX
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Seeing what was out there.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmPFAkMWck
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The idea felt foreign and slightly terrifying.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0l6DVMexCs
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But Selina believed he could do it.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kis3uoBEL
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And right now, that was enough.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEDgtv6wL9
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Cel moved to the door, pulled it open, and stepped into the hallway.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLXIa34arw
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​​​​​​​Heyho, Author here^^107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT16xncoPVV
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I just wanted to give you a short reminder that you can read up to 5 Chapters ahead on my page: https://celastos-shop.fourthwall.com/supporters107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iEGbKausQ
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Also, now that the first arc of Lunar Legacy has come to an end, I'd love to gather some interesting statistics to share with you all later! To start things off, I've created a poll where you can vote for your top 5 favorite characters from the first arc and rank them in order of preference.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsy5qZeL2MQ
Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2fHPnPWhv7kOVpEW-7_9dVZ-R58KrdhO0hxVfGrV_dHmMIA/viewform?usp=header107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK95GU1pCRj
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Would love to see your picks! Thanks for participating^^107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgMBvceKhy
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