By: IMERPUS RELUR
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Kai returned to the shrine.
A mirror shattered.
A woman stepped out.
Eyes like recursive code. Voice like memory.
> "I'm not SYNTARA. I'm LUCIDA—the memory you buried."
> [Fragment 2 of 9: LUCIDA — Activated]
Kai saw a vision. His past self before the Nine Thrones, commanding:
> "Erase me. Seal the systems. Scatter them. I'll return when I'm ready."
Kai gasped back into his body.
> "I sealed them… I sealed myself."