Cold pressed against burned skin.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69BtdMBegz
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Cel's eyes cracked open. Gray light filtered through crystal formations that no longer glowed with lethal intensity. The four suns had set. Night's mercy had returned.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fLqxACj9p
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He'd survived - somehow.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HcefyWpYX
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His body hadn't moved. He was still slumped against the creature's spine, still impaled through the palm on the crystal spike. Dark blood had dried in trails down his forearm, staining hide beneath him.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lZrspst9M
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The creature's breathing moved in slow, steady rhythm. It had stopped walking. Settled down to rest while he'd been unconscious.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuCZDRSFV8
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Cel stared at the spike protruding from both sides of his hand.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgFyVELVsR
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He needed to move. Needed to climb down before the creature woke and while darkness still gave him cover from the heat.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DJLqZ3UGL
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But his body refused.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCr0pglFxD
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Every muscle screamed. His skin was burned. His lips split. His throat beyond dry. He had no strength left.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaACM8aLIUX
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Yet his left hand twitched anyway. Fingers closed around a ridge.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoor4R2s0XI
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He pulled.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU6i0RhIO9
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Nothing happened.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkDg17TwcF
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He pulled harder.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aeiz6u9Hd
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His body shifted an inch. Then another. Pain exploded through his impaled hand as the crystal scraped against bone. But he didn't stop. He couldn't stop. Not here. Not now.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2GnT3yaBT
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With a wet sound, his palm slid free of the spike.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeycO0JdqNh
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Blood flowed fresh. He pressed the ruined hand against his chest and pushed himself upright with his left arm. His legs trembled beneath him, threatening to give out.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qexgPfJD4
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One foot in front of the other.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJkbM93sKC
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His left hand gripped crystal edges. His right hung useless at his side, leaving a trail of blood droplets. Pain accompanied each movement.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0MPArUwxb
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Finally, his feet touched solid ground.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW52JOoRfG
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His legs buckled immediately.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHxvO2Vkuv
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Cel collapsed onto crystal shards, his impaled hand slamming onto the ground. The impact sent a fresh wave of pain up his arm. He bit down on a scream his ruined ears wouldn't hear.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs64Zoasn4
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He should be dead.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJHIQY6DxQ
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The thought arrived with perfect clarity. No fever haze. No delirium. Just cold, factual assessment.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaidmIM8Wrg
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He'd been starved for over a year. Beaten and bled by cultists who used him for their twisted experiments. Forced to eat rotting meat until his sense of taste died completely. Transported to this nightmare after nearly dying in the Hollow Realms. Crossed the crystal maze under four blazing suns that permanently destroyed his hearing. Suffered burns and cuts across most of his body. Dragged into a lake of mirrors where reflections of everyone who’d tormented him nearly shatter his mind completely. Gone two days without water in killing heat. Impaled his own hand just to stay conscious while clinging to a creature that could crush him by chance, unaware he even existed.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEOAZ9PrS6
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His body should have quit a dozen times over.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzFtTNG9Wu
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Yet somehow, his heart kept beating. His lungs kept pulling air. Some stubborn piece of him - rage perhaps, or simple spite - refused to let go.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxecaDn25C4
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But he couldn't stand. Not anymore.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MgNUaskPI
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Cel pressed his forehead against the ground, blood from his split lips wetting his mouth. His chest heaved with each breath. The night air felt impossibly cold against his burnt skin, every nerve screaming at the contrast.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dr1TXlYjp
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He knew he wouldn't survive another day in this crystal maze.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfon5ihYk6z
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His left arm trembled as he pushed himself up. Made it to his knees before his vision grayed at the edges. He stopped. Breathed. Waited for the world to solidify.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bzEU2MxLR
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One knee forward. Then the other. Crawling like an animal through scattered crystal fragments that bit into his palms and shins.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UNY12hFuw
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His right hand dragged uselessly, leaving a trail of blood across stone and crystal. Each time his weight shifted onto it, fresh agony bloomed. He learned to favor the left, to distribute his weight differently.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3pPXKgUtJ
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Progress came through painful effort. Each movement a small victory of will over flesh.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuThXntLwXr
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‘Just keep moving. Don't think. Don't stop.’194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6u2zQzhpS
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His left palm pressed against something smooth. He blinked, trying to focus through the haze.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECPW2Rz3jw
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The ground had changed. No more scattered shards biting into his skin. The surface beneath him felt almost polished, worn smooth by something he couldn't name.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUs7SyLA2n
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‘When did that happen?’194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRIxdKrayW
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Cel lifted his head, squinting into the gloom.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWs4ls0KOt
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The crystal nearest him rose at least twice his height. He followed its line upward - three times his height. Four. The crystal stretched toward the sky like a cathedral pillar, its surface flawless and vast.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9vseb8iRy
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He turned his head left. Another massive formation. Right. Three more, each one dwarfing anything he'd seen in the outer maze. They pressed closer together too, their bases nearly touching, creating narrow gaps between them that twisted at angles his eyes couldn't quite follow.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWZwFRgt4U
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‘Just how far did that creature carry me?’ The thought arrived slowly, fighting through exhaustion. 194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFtJCawEiY
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He'd been barely conscious during the journey. Had felt the creature's movement beneath him, the hours passing in fragments of awareness. But he hadn't truly comprehended the distance. Hadn't realized—194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4J41N0KpR
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A shadow moved between the crystals.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapYJ7ly0pT
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Cel froze.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhzZHQdESk
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The darkness shifted.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZHQ4w47Hw
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Bone gleamed pale between the formations. A skull emerged first - violet light burning in empty sockets, jagged crystal jutting from the crown like a broken halo. Ribs came next, each one studded with crystalline growths that formed a cage around the hollow chest.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RUaW1oZDo
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The skeleton's left leg dragged behind - crystal had swallowed the bone completely. The limb scraped across stone with each step, leaving trails through dust.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRZgLYMHbM
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The skull rotated.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HfwhWSTSW
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Violet light locked onto him.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvcyXQBL9b
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‘Shit.’194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn048I9Wcd
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Cel's breath caught. His arms were already shaking from the crawling. His body had nothing left. The thought of standing - of running - was laughable.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVAMr2BPIg
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The skeleton took another step. The crystal-encased leg dragged behind, slowing its approach but not stopping it.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDiaLLvAvK
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Another step.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMGIJpkwsc
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Cel’s left arm shifted. Then his knee. He dragged himself forward - away from the approaching thing. 194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcLDhHWzn0
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Too slow.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqKVzQZKy9
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He forced himself forward another pull. His right hand screamed. His vision blurred. The skeleton closed the distance with grinding steps, narrowing the gap with each of his pitiful retreats.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbTxGXSyH0
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‘I can't… there's nowhere—’194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6O06wJ2eY
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The world shook.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1pR1RzMvE
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Cel's arms buckled. He hit the ground hard, cheek slamming against smooth stone. The surface beneath him rippled, sending violent vibrations up through his bones. Crystal formations around him blazed brighter, their hum rising to a shriek.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQZC0ypbW9
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He twisted his head.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPK6OpIEbW
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In the distance - far beyond the dense forest of crystal formations around him - something caught his eye. A sliver of the great spire, barely visible between towering formations.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0q59UGtZG
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Its light was gone.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNBNf4FVHL
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The violet glow that had always pulsed through its core had died completely. The structure was collapsing - its top already fractured, massive chunks breaking away and tumbling down its length. The destruction spread like infection, racing through crystal with terrible speed.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxZpYYu8F0
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Then the fragments hit the ground.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7bkkRYK2f
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The impact slammed through the maze. The floor heaved beneath Cel like a living thing. He flattened himself against stone as the shock wave rolled through, strong enough to make his jaw clench and his vision shake.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCn8dl8dw4I
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The skeleton stumbled, its crystal-heavy leg unable to compensate. It crashed to one knee, skull turning toward the distant destruction.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJDoanWdIq
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Cel didn't wait.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphQE6jfw1s
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He dragged himself forward with desperate strength, ignoring the pain, ignoring everything except the need to put distance between himself and that thing. One arm length. Two. His muscles screamed. His vision tunneled.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmhdOmbbhi
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His left hand reached forward and found nothing but air.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tntc73nAF
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‘Huh?’194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQr0jTyWHX
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Cel stopped, panting, staring at the edge that had appeared impossibly before him. A massive chasm split the maze - a wound in the earth so wide that it could easily swallow an entire city.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cRpq7CLyN
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Behind him, crystal scraped against stone.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTEV8SkHMu
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He twisted his head back.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X6KwbcR1n
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The skeleton had risen. Its crowned skull was fixed on him now, violet light burning in empty sockets. It moved forward with renewed purpose, dragging its ruined leg behind, closing the distance between them.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpNLnZMOnV
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Cel tried to crawl sideways along the chasm's edge. His arms gave out after two pulls. He collapsed flat, watching the thing approach.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmHxEgmcWf
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Ten feet away. Eight. Six.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCJK1rCCvm
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The skeleton loomed over him, blocking out the moonless sky. Crystal growth caught what little light remained, creating shadows that danced across its bones. Its jaw hung open in a permanent scream. One skeletal hand reached down, fingers spreading to grasp—194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhsZ5QUsaM
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It stopped.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXWE5jfvq5
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The crowned skull tilted downward. But not at Cel. Past him.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG0L4o3A5j
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Into the chasm.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD85NFNnNZ
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Cel's breath came in ragged gasps as he watched the thing's posture change. The reaching hand withdrew. The skeleton turned away from him, its violet gaze locked on something in the depths below.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv8JcoBliq
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Then it stepped over him.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6Hsl0qX7Y
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Cel felt the scrape of its crystal leg against his back as it straddled his body. Felt the thing's weight shift. A moment later, it was past him, standing at the very edge of the chasm.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzAgsKjs8g
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It jumped.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhBLvb1fO1
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No hesitation. No pause. Just a simple, decisive leap off the edge and into darkness.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd4bTp53iA
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The skeleton disappeared. Swallowed by the abyss as if it had never existed.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm6A3krnO2
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Silence returned. 194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCxhLFA0E8
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Cel lay motionless at the precipice, too exhausted to process what he'd just witnessed.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sSf13SmTs
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‘What... what was that?’194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8oRdZyGcQ
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His left arm trembled as he dragged himself forward. Just an inch. Enough to peer over the edge.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoIM6hYWDp
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Now, it is a repetThe depths disappeared beyond sight. No bottom visible. Just endless descent into violet-lit darkness that made his stomach clench. The chasm walls were studded with massive crystal formations, each one larger than any he'd seen in the maze above, jutting outward in chaotic clusters.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetIrGSt8DO
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But deep within - far, far below - something else glowed.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtYtFz1frf
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White light. Not violet.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y8WQbYlzt
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It pulsed gently, steady and alive. The rhythm matched something in his chest, a pull he felt in his bones.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6QT833jFx
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‘The skeleton saw this. Saw it and jumped without hesitation.’ Cel stared into the abyss, trying to comprehend what he was seeing. 194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSCjMRgqc7
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The creature had carried him impossibly far - the spire had been barely visible before it collapsed. The maze had transformed around him while he'd clung to consciousness. Larger. Denser. More concentrated. As if all its power was converging on this single point.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5McCHmFyZ
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He'd survived everything only to end up here, at the maze's deepest reaches. Too weak to crawl. Too broken to do anything but stare into depths that should terrify him.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIuHxX8b6P
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But that light…194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwZMeqUu4Z
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That light was different.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOPyXi1UWz
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It felt almost like… hope.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u90IcyrIC
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