Cel stopped before the monolith, grateful for the excuse to focus on something other than the heat still crawling up his neck.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx2KaiQ2bu
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The surface rippled like water, runes burning against his vision:133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQfP8jDgnQ
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<Name: Celvian> 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnZvYmbELH
<Paragons: (Heir to the Moon) (White Death)> 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJI5ZTcYD4
<Artifacts: (Silent Moon) (Cinderward)> 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwagmixMDTz
<Insights: (Ledger of Nightmares)> 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEvf1TyILq
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He focused on the achievements line.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4HrYKHkex
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<Achievements: (You died) (You entered a new dimension)>133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtva1DXmnXX
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Cel stared at the words.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31McA5gdYS
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Crazy. Both of them sounded absolutely insane when laid out like that.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVHqewwwzS
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuv1jsxbNT
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His brow furrowed.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV0KSlOlCM
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Not the Hollow Realms. Not the real world either. 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK59EwCIXgy
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A completely separate dimension.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdwg9GilvA
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But how?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLU8ejo52q
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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?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UlXeceRO4
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Or had someone created it?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDW66pl0kK
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEH1x0hF127
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe2IcXZXj6
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What kind of person could lead such figures? And what kind of power did someone like that possess?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAcbdJxqqU
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Cel's jaw tightened. More questions without answers.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdLXIWNGs7
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His gaze shifted back to his paragons. One of them had received a new trait.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcICYV7tTG
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He focused on Heir to the Moon first.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5uDbyGSnn
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<Paragon: Heir to the Moon> 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ58ZyeBM45
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<Traits: (Lunar Vigor) (Unbroken Succession) (Eternal Witness)>133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpmD7IgaDK
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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.">133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4oqZsvuQc
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Three traits now, instead of two.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXppxwGKSm7
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Eternal Witness. The new addition.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmyDVqfmTf
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Cel narrowed his focus on it and the runes shifted again.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiSLiJPN34
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<Effect: Your body has adapted to the moon's eternal watch. You no longer require sleep.>133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7NdGs1mf1
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For a moment, he simply stared.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStfV7WoLmQ
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Then the implication hit him like a physical blow.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6G67spaPD
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No sleep.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCZwghZ9qL
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Never again.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEl7ENpmR5J
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpVwiNBVFa
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The sheer value of that…133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvxsoHIShO
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDc64LaJiw
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Now he'd never have to worry about that again.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzb3RrQUOhZ
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His throat felt tight.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YkMEqw9RL
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'Thank you.'133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzssT2o6z8
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The thought rose unbidden, directed not at the goddess but at Selina. Her presence. Her rank as a Divine Oracle.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk1PSfZ7zL
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Because she held that rank, his blessing carried weight it wouldn't have otherwise.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcJddjzDsG
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Other Chosen received abilities suited to survival. Basic enhancements. Modest authorities.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kOoaYPASo
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He'd been given resurrection. And now even the freedom from one of humanity's most fundamental limitations.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY85s2V9XL
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All because Selina stood as his guide.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8kACCpPrw
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'I don't deserve you,' he thought. 'But I'm grateful anyway.'133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidrinaZeQQ
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The monolith's light dimmed as his focus withdrew, runes fading back into its surface.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7b81QLkoHc
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Cel turned away, finding Selina still standing in the mist nearby, that serene smile in place.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5UCpXUaUe
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"I’m leaving now," he said quietly.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SCyoVOXk5
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"May the Moon Goddess light your path, Chosen One."133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsOpNQQXTT
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The blessing settled over him like a gentle weight. Familiar now. Comforting in a way few things were.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nGXI40Rsk
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He nodded once, then closed his eyes and reached for the boundary of his soul.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy80aGK3My
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The world shifted.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4qKZFcFm4
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Darkness greeted him.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYxc2WjhiG
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Cel blinked, momentarily disoriented before realizing that he was still in his room.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffgqH0ZBNL
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The night had fallen while he was gone.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjkFgxEeFV
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He pushed himself up from the bed, joints protesting slightly despite his divinely enhanced body.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelDbRA9CcJ
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0p7Y32U7b
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His body felt... strange. Not tired, exactly. But worn in a way that had nothing to do with physical exhaustion.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3t7Bs5UXI
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Like he'd been running for days and only just realized he could stop.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw7ItMfinL
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Eternal Witness meant he didn't need sleep anymore.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWO24ififd
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But that didn't mean he couldn't sleep.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOV8RgmerFu
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And right now, despite everything, the thought of lying down and letting unconsciousness take him felt impossibly appealing.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PhCs7vCEt
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Just for a little while.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF8abLgRlP
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Cel moved to the bed and sat on its edge, then swung his legs up and lay back.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtY4gwtBQWw
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The mattress was thin. The pillow barely deserved the name.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIRrrnheSB
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But it was soft. Safe.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJdT2mOTIO
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He stared at the ceiling, watching shadows shift across wooden beams.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RO5bZ9itg
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Ten days until the Academy started.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUEFlCTsr6
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Ten days to figure out what it meant to live instead of just survive.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXLP6voTUp
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He still didn't know how.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFUL8ACfxU
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But Selina believed he could learn.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6ud6HotFW
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That would have to be enough.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUerw83HDon
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His eyes drifted shut.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmlAsauPga
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Sleep came easier than it had any right to, pulling him down into darkness.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47y04uh8BR
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZO2YCKLVCN
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Cel jerked awake gasping, sweat-soaked and shaking.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xcx2wEDe0
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Gray light filtered through the window. Dawn approaching.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqrxtdYwcQ
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Just a dream.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuhVGf4jWD
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The same dream that appeared every single night.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxAKYLZF7j
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His breathing slowly steadied as awareness fully returned.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvBb9g1VMH
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Except now…133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4hLGCj4Ym
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Now it wouldn't.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq8Ey9ErR8
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLzUuGrFtM
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ777N4u9tsM
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CCgO7fQJI
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He could just... stay awake. Forever, if he chose.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV4rlt26t0
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The freedom in that felt impossible.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef38qqjEc8
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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. 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca510tHaBM
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7fY7cGoG4
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What was he supposed to do now?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtIXYJFaoi
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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.’133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9kNFM1H04
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Cel's jaw tightened.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluEPIqtcPY
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He still didn't know what brought him joy. Didn't know how to just... exist without purpose or goal.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAgZ5GWlxl
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Training made sense. Preparing for threats made sense. But wandering around looking for something that made him smile?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSgVciM7mN
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He didn't even know where to start.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt66eGgamf7
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His thoughts circled back to the only moment recently where something close to peace had touched him.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO9d5jkpJn
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Talking with Selina.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWgHCpWmyV
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0YfEeyU0X
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The way she smiled…133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkkQFDZrcl
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Heat crept up his neck at the memory of that radiant expression.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWx4EY2ZlJ
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He wanted to see that again.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC0TvCPkEa
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LHaU5wCoT
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The desire settled in his chest, warm and uncomfortable.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQwJUZsQhy
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But she was a Divine Oracle. The highest authority beneath the gods themselves.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqRYVkhyr3
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Why would she want to spend time with someone like him?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpE9rj9Ovf
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She guided him because it was her duty. Her role. Not because she enjoyed his company or found him interesting.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8dxUTpPpg
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Expecting anything else was just…133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTS1pFsNnR
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Delusional.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgU2zOpXChU
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Cel pushed himself off the bed, suddenly restless. The room felt too small again. Confining.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBy7wA6hkt
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Maybe he should go outside. Walk through the Academy grounds. Get familiar with the place before classes started.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OW2vczV0y
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Or maybe he should practice with Silent Moon. Test how Empathic Steel responded to different emotional states.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBH9YIxBMl
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Or—133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH4OYYcRZt
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Three sharp knocks echoed through the small room.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYoYPk9Sw4
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Cel froze.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP7MytijGW
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOvUeL6KfT
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No one knew he was here. No one except the Reckoning and the receptionist who'd enrolled him.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaZDF0bHC2
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The knocks came again.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJE7ErIHX0
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Cel moved to the door silently and stopped, listening.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAquKib0tL
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Breathing on the other side. Steady. Calm.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDS8UL0G4O
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Not threatening, then. Or very good at pretending not to be.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuH54ROHq0
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He reached for the handle and pulled the door open.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAj0bmzRij
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i6Rlh7lOX
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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."133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDlTrswhhD
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Cel stared at the offered items, his hand still hovering near where Silent Moon would appear.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mUxIyVWDU
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The woman's gaze tracked the motion, then returned to his face without comment. 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzACLOvEy2X
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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."133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvMHrIr1Kv
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Cel finally reached out and took the bundle.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwRwo9pFQP
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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."133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX71WZ2vxF
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She paused, watching him with that same tired professionalism.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCz5s0YS6o
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“Any questions?"133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXBKnke76H
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Cel's throat worked. Too many questions, actually. But none that she could answer.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ9IrYi96y
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"No."133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGkAgn9Ber
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The woman nodded once. "Then I'll leave you to settle in. Welcome to the Chosen Academy."133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomvfO9A1RS
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She turned and walked away down the dim hallway, footsteps fading into silence.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JTgUOBBx3
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Cel stood in the doorway for a moment longer, then stepped back inside.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkicEGVP2E
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He moved to the bed, set the bundle down and carefully unfolded it.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXThUnyDqw2
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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. 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVAuawQ7wZ
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Over the heart, embroidered in that same silver thread, was the crescent moon symbol of the Moon Goddess.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlB5YcWKbAX
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Cel's fingers traced over it slowly.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ6A3Kp5Fs
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The uniform was stiff. Formal. The kind of thing that would announce what he was to everyone who saw him.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpjGYx7KzV
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Moon Chosen. Academy student. Commoner.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16YyvqP58E
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His fingers pulled away from the silver crescent.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkenepN3qr
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuie55ZhiWg
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He weighed the pouch in his palm. Heavy. Solid. Real.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYURqTU2UQP
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Wealth he'd earned simply by existing. By being Chosen.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA4OWJKJdC
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The thought sat strangely in his chest.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXvQJUbL8v
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡit6LJKoGVF
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He folded the uniform carefully and set it in the wardrobe. 133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALThHvV1ck
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYYPzVEE85
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Hours stretching ahead with nothing to do and no idea how to fill them.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HPXrF00VY
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‘Do the things that bring you joy.’ Selina's advice echoed again, gentle and impossible.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24NntgptI0
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Cel's fingers drummed against his thigh as he considered his options.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJHv9ikJFt
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His gaze tracked to the door.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwHszdqVvY
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bA6hjppoD
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When was the last time he'd walked somewhere without a destination?133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeBIMWSC9v
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Never, probably.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlViMzQkFux
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Maybe that was where he should start. With just... walking.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK4qLDXUDi
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Seeing what was out there.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmQTwmJAA0
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The idea felt foreign and slightly terrifying.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HzA2vqpb8
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But Selina believed he could do it.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQXPxapVUm
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And right now, that was enough.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrRgwRtLKr
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Cel moved to the door, pulled it open, and stepped into the hallway.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrKGMZgPxA
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​​​​​​​Heyho, Author here^^133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG8DvEUSNG
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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/supporters133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu8nHwCifI
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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.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXQaNFOR7K
Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2fHPnPWhv7kOVpEW-7_9dVZ-R58KrdhO0hxVfGrV_dHmMIA/viewform?usp=header133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlJp3jwyGq
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Would love to see your picks! Thanks for participating^^133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LoLxr5RZ0
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