Instructor Calder's gaze swept across the assembled students like a blade testing for soft spots.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2bQyM9Syp
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"Most of you received your first blessing weeks ago. Maybe months." His scarred arms remained crossed. "You've had time to feel strong. To imagine yourselves as heroes."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cps2ucTjp
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He let the words hang.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCHumlLgSz
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"You're not."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KreVKyRQ6
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The declaration landed with the force of a physical blow. Several students straightened defensively. Others shifted their weight, uncertainty flickering across their faces.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWWifWv4s5
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"Strength isn't granted. It's earned. The gods gave you a foundation - a body that can become something more than human. But that's all it is. A foundation."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BJlKGkD0J
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He uncrossed his arms and gestured toward the training grounds around them.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcEI9yCcd3
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"Every morning, you'll be here before dawn. Running. Lifting. Pushing your bodies until they break and rebuild stronger. Some of you are thinking that's pointless - you're Chosen now, why waste time on mundane exercise?"145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBs0QBhUWj
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His expression hardened.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ109UkprPqb
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"Because there is no ceiling to how strong a Chosen's body can become. A commoner can train their entire life and hit a wall. You won't. Your bodies will keep adapting, keep growing, keep pushing past limits that would cripple normal humans."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKnFi4O2dx
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Calder's hand dropped to his side.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe9ry1CHDF
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"And for those of you blessed with traits or authorities that enhance your physical capabilities - don't rely on them. Most enhancements boost your base strength. They multiply what's already there."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jPAwfJDS6
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The words settled over Cel like cold water.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRefSPGUac3
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Lunar Vigor. Active only under moonlight. Variable intensity based on the moon's phase.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16Nt4EUbZ9
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He'd already felt its effect many times - that surge of energy that had made him faster, stronger. But he'd been working with the strength the Moon Goddess gave him when she forged his new body.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp1ZvTbmHi
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How strong was that foundation compared to other Chosen?145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkELw69Ign
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Cel's hand unconsciously closed into a fist, testing the strength there.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d27aJ7hO6
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"Imagine," Calder was saying, "that your enhancement doubles your power. Double nothing is still nothing. But double an already formidable foundation?" He smiled without warmth.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOlYH0LHjW
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"That's when you become worth the divine investment."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLb68x0mWr
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Around Cel, several students had gone pale. A boy near the front - one who'd carried himself with particular confidence during the ceremony - now looked like he'd swallowed something bitter.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy5Sc0ci2D
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"After your theoretical classes each afternoon, you return here." His gaze swept the assembled students. "That's when we teach you to kill."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKdArgZgAb
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The word landed with deliberate weight.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF3ADbyjYp
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"Weapons training. Combat forms. How to use your traits and authorities in actual battle instead of fumbling with them like children. And you'll learn to control your Divine Energy properly."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZncWwkjEam
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Cel's attention sharpened.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1n6LRUCzw
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Control Divine Energy. The fundamental skill every Chosen possessed naturally.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCDa96kkwd
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He'd need to fake the concentration, pretend he sensed something he couldn't perceive. And when someone inevitably noticed they couldn't sense his Divine Energy signature…145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgZgi4VDUj
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The Reckoning assumed it was because of an artifact. But that wouldn’t work now - he wasn't manifesting anything. A trait, then. Some aspect of his blessing that suppressed his signature. Rare enough to seem special, possible enough to be believable.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9suCYM35pb
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"Question." Calder’s voice cut through his thoughts. "What is Divine Energy?"145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssPYSiHggH
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Hands rose. He pointed to a girl in the second row.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dqUSaET7l
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"It's a gift from the gods. The power we need to activate our authorities."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Bx1F4dbmI
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"Half right. Divine Energy is power granted by the gods, yes. But it's not just fuel for your abilities." Calder's tone shifted, taking on the cadence of someone explaining something fundamental. "It's a tool. A weapon. And like any weapon, it requires mastery."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRftUgfsUD
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He paused.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIvEdplg9r
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"It's also a sense. Your sixth sense, if you want to think of it that way."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9GLVh9sJ5
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Cel went very still.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsakKocqibY
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A sixth sense. Something every Chosen possessed naturally. Something that let them perceive and manipulate the energy flowing through them.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gvUarpn23
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Something he completely lacked.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6040dvxPZH
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His mind cataloged the truth with clinical detachment. Sight, hearing, touch, smell - those he had. But taste? That had died in the cell, ground away by months of consuming rotting meat.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe6OaN5wZG
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Other Chosen had six senses. Normal humans had five. 145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL90iqjYGaL
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He had four.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjqccG41x4
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The absurdity of it would have been funny if it wasn't so completely fucked.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8clcFVmFg
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"Let me demonstrate," Calder said.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawH0dCIziF
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He closed his eyes.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIXrm3HqJ0
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The ground trembled - barely perceptible, like the earth itself had taken a breath.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoS4ynwjP9
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Students around Cel gasped. Some stumbled backward. Others went rigid, eyes wide with something between awe and fear.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHce2IAoIP
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A boy near Cel dropped to one knee, breathing hard. The girl beside him pressed both hands to her chest.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsacSqsa3z1
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Cel saw nothing.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFJDwG7p9O
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'This is going to be annoying.'145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCygLn1mNT
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Calder opened his eyes again and the pressure - whatever it had been - vanished.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmjZvy4G6W
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"That was my raw Divine Energy." He gestured broadly. "With training, you'll learn to sense it in others. More importantly, you'll learn to sense corrupted essence."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe25eefw51X
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His expression hardened.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28aVRnvHD9
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"Rift-creatures carry corruption in their very being. Most humans can feel it as wrongness. But if you refine your sixth sense, you can classify a creature by its presence alone. Know its blight level before you see it."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYenwsJIFi
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A hand rose.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtUz62L05g
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"Couldn't we just use the Ledger of Nightmares?"145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoZCC6x7zE
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Confusion rippled through the group. Several students exchanged questioning looks.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tMofNPYfc
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Calder's expression shifted - something that might have been approval.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMeh6GI5NS
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"The Ledger is a valuable tool. Instructor Saren will cover it in detail during your theoretical classes." He paused. "But the Ledger requires time. You need to observe the creature, consult the entry, read the information. In combat, you rarely have that luxury."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJiP0GZ0kT
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The mention of the Ledger pulled at Cel's attention.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQ2VWyudXI
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He still needed to check it thoroughly. The entries from the Crystal Maze remained unread - the crystal-spined thing that he rode, the lake of nothingness that hunted him, and the fairy-like creature that killed him. Though why creatures from his trial appeared in a supposedly comprehensive bestiary of real encounters, he still didn't understand.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAIBJkxcYY
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And the creature Esrin had fought in the Ashlands. The massive thing that had erupted from the dead volcano. What blight did something like that carry?145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9vCf0zuf3
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The questions circled through his mind as Calder continued explaining the training regimen. 145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ns7KzD1Of
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A structured routine designed to transform blessed individuals into functional warriors.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgt1SpUV8Iw
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"Dismissed," Calder eventually said. "Dawn tomorrow. Don't be late."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkWhLz9fH1
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The students dispersed in clusters, conversations resuming as the weight of the instructor's presence lifted. Lior remained beside Cel, his expression distant as he processed the lecture.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9BJkE99yi
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They walked back in silence, the path to the dining hall filling with other students whose voices rose in animated discussion. By the time they reached the entrance, the buzz of energy was almost overwhelming - dozens of conversations competing in volume as students dissected the day's revelations. 145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYUoeA6zK2
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Cel and Lior claimed their isolated table again. Food arrived within minutes - roasted meat, vegetables glazed in something that caught the light, fresh bread that released steam when torn open.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMeDTyFlXD
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Lior took his first bite and went still.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ7khMKYC2
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His eyes widened. He chewed slowly, almost reverently, then swallowed and immediately reached for more.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD927RCJBjq
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"This is incredible," he said, the words muffled around bread. "I've never—the seasoning alone must cost more than my family spends on food in a month."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2EPodtqGF
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Cel cut into his own portion. The meat separated cleanly under his knife. He brought a piece to his mouth, chewed, swallowed.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsPmMbhtLd
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Nothing.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkahBJ69Uk
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‘Four senses, huh?’145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexs33taFhu
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Lior had already finished his first serving and was eyeing the remaining dishes.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPDQRvE51a
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"Do you think they feed us like this every day?" He reached for more vegetables, practically vibrating with barely contained delight. "The instructors said three meals daily, but I assumed it would be simple fare. Porridge and hard bread, maybe some—"145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8THTyEsuWh
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He caught himself, glancing at Cel's plate.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI8eKwkAtf
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"You're not eating much."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFWWmVxUyR
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"I'm eating."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvepVg6JtAs
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"Right. Sorry." Lior returned his attention to his food with renewed focus.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dFkfVkdSc
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The minutes passed. Around them, conversations rose and fell. A group near the front dissolved into laughter over something. Two boys argued about which deities were superior, their voices rising until others told them to shut up.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct6Ec7ydcR
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Cel ate because his body needed fuel. Lior ate like someone storing memories against future hunger.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeglY7SDTBL
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When the plates were empty, students began filtering out. Most headed back toward the classroom - the ones who'd kept their hands down earlier, now bound for extra lessons that would stretch into the evening.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycHOY5qYR2
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Lior watched them go, his expression troubled.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldde1nvfdc
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"I should head to the classroom too." He glanced at Cel. "What will you do with your evening?"145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LRA0DVSi8
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"Read."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQVRVo4PbX
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"I see." Lior's smile was brief and self-conscious. "I'll see you tomorrow, then."145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYz2KQpRqa
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He left with the stream of other students, his posture carrying that particular tension of someone facing something difficult but necessary.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1OUsEhNcG
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Cel remained seated as the dining hall emptied. When only a handful of them remained, he rose and made his way through the corridors.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoRVT33TKs
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The commoner dormitory was silent when he reached it. He unlocked his door, stepped inside, and closed it behind him with a soft click.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJuOcnBjC
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The room looked exactly as he'd left it. Narrow bed. Empty desk. Wardrobe with the commoner clothes he'd worn in the city.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWTbCtQVDo
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Cel moved to the center of the space and reached for the bond.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfAWmY5Bvb
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Moonlight threaded through the air, weaving itself into solid form. The Ledger materialized - worn black leather, silver filigree catching the afternoon light filtering through his window. It hung suspended for a heartbeat before gravity remembered itself.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8oDfLVdO0
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He caught it before it could fall, the leather cool against his palms.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyzhI5HXUw
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His fingers found the edge and opened to the first page.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MRSfZKY3I
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Ledger of Nightmares.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHRnQsw1Ke
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The title stared back at him in stark black ink.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXCnFmpuKx
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Cel's fingers found the page's edge and turned.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuNSf5e2tR
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<Anathema: Endless Shambler>145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtJqbzEBpu
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The sketch showed a skeletal figure, hunched and wrong. Crystal growths erupted from bone in chaotic patterns - through the skull, along the spine, bursting from joints in jagged formations that looked more like infection than armor.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBXc3PtI5J
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His eyes dropped to the text.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1Jo5xby2c
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Cursed. The lowest classification of all ten.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtXuZSAxbD
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<Behavior: Operates in loose packs with others of its kind. No intelligence remains. Driven by hunger and the compulsion to spread its affliction. Movement is mechanical and persistent. Does not rest. Does not tire. Does not stop.>145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVwrL0IjGo
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Cel's hand tightened on the edge of the page. The sketch showed the truth clearly enough - those proportions, that basic structure beneath the crystal. They'd been human once.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXky2GJlKLz
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Caught by the maze. Transformed. Reduced to shambling husks that existed only to inflict the same fate on others.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxfJciOKZk
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He turned the page to the next entry - the mirror lake.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp1Bcc8DRD
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The next sketch was simpler this time. Solid black ink poured across the paper with only the faintest suggestion of ripples at its surface. Like looking down into still water at midnight.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIQ2VvtQtH
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Ruined. Sixth tier. Higher than any other creature he had encountered in the Ashlands.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzwYeWoD5Y
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<Behavior: Responds to proximity and emotional disturbance. Expands territory following acts of violence or destruction within its mirror realm.>145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8X29B5sBx
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<Hunting Pattern: Lures prey by manifesting traumatic memories in liquid surface. Drags victims into its mirror realm populated by crystalline manifestations of their torments. Feeds on fear and despair.>145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVuHvnzFV4
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Cel's eyes narrowed. 145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVtCP4dQkP
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Feeds on fear and despair.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHIpwvmHX9
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Not hunger. Not territorial defense. The thing sustained itself on suffering - drawing prey close with their own worst memories, then trapping them in a realm built from trauma made solid.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqaOqNEjQa
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He'd destroyed those reflections. Shattered every manifestation of his father, his family, the cultists, himself. If he hadn't - if he'd broken under the weight of their judgment instead - what would have happened? 145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWrhWQpC4w
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A shudder ran through him. He turned the page before the thoughts could spiral.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjdAeGBrO1
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The sketch showed a massive serpentine form, its thick body covered in dark hide between crystal formations that erupted from its spine in organized rows.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyaTZXmHVU
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Recognition struck immediately.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgGtmTwz4D
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The creature that had carried him across the maze.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nu4bKMPHt
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Fallen. Fifth tier. One below Ruined.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdM9xp6lX3t
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<Behavior: Ignores potential prey in favor of predetermined objectives. Movement ceases only when threatened. Defends itself by shedding crystals from its spine that detonate on contact.>145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8EAOoNiM7
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Cel stared at the words. He'd thought himself lucky when the creature carried him across the maze. Lucky it hadn't noticed him clinging to its back, lucky it hadn't decided to shake him off or crush him against the crystal formations.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8DWUhczM1
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But it hadn't been luck at all.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAroGd3mCwB
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The creature had simply deemed him irrelevant. An insect clinging to something far more important - whatever objective drove it through a realm of crystal and death with singular focus.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBCLDDPYpH
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The gaps stared back at him like missing teeth. He'd ridden on its back for hours and learned nothing except that he wasn't worth acknowledging.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoz4sHrWmUN
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His fingers hesitated at the page's edge.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN15SwoEP37
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The next entry would be the creature that killed him. The one with translucent skin and violet light burning in its eye sockets. The thing that had impaled him on a crystal spike and watched him die with detached curiosity.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9q21r3SXV
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His throat tightened. But the information was there. Waiting.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rH6IYw5BJ
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Cel turned the page.145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgc7i1SdfM
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