Cel stopped before the monolith, grateful for the excuse to focus on something other than the heat still crawling up his neck.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93gwLdi2gY
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The surface rippled like water, runes burning against his vision:98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TkSYT45q7
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<Name: Celvian> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdGTCkl7rr
<Paragons: (Heir to the Moon) (White Death)> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5Kvfwa8id
<Artifacts: (Silent Moon) (Cinderward)> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy0Gk7omzn
<Insights: (Ledger of Nightmares)> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMvmgYdk4u
<Achievements: (2)>98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEeUXLt7KA
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He focused on the achievements line.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2u8QU5WUB
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<Achievements: (You died) (You entered a new dimension)>98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ274OViC9La
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Cel stared at the words.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ125L0UYSeE
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Crazy. Both of them sounded absolutely insane when laid out like that.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23JBON76ct
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFkMNumlSc
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His brow furrowed.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9xeIjmBLd
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Not the Hollow Realms. Not the real world either. 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJxATE7OCf
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A completely separate dimension.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7iqDicvXj
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But how?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmG1v3qG83
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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?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7chC0UCUL
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Or had someone created it?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdqYDvsxbF
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR4XUYoVXa
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuc1O0rmUP3
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What kind of person could lead such figures? And what kind of power did someone like that possess?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9ABPIilZo
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Cel's jaw tightened. More questions without answers.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UjERDC0mC
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His gaze shifted back to his paragons. One of them had received a new trait.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQPiMZ4odP
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He focused on Heir to the Moon first.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MjpbCzPR4
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<Paragon: Heir to the Moon> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzN2V3Dama
<Affinity: 1/10> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr2G2FbfWI
<Traits: (Lunar Vigor) (Unbroken Succession) (Eternal Witness)>98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR9RBcxqRp
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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.">98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcORtMmBa8P
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Three traits now, instead of two.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvNpgH9SoB
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Eternal Witness. The new addition.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFOiPi21Oi
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Cel narrowed his focus on it and the runes shifted again.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tlBLIGlw5
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<Trait: Eternal Witness> 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZwo9DdPq0
<Effect: Your body has adapted to the moon's eternal watch. You no longer require sleep.>98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iAbBeFEp1
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For a moment, he simply stared.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT6BqpR4SI
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Then the implication hit him like a physical blow.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDqUtnOWfY
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No sleep.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNO4cdSNxD
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Never again.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHRCScKvRn
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOXiR4LzTv
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The sheer value of that…98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8OlBOtBCw
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZem2RcPAnn
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Now he'd never have to worry about that again.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpxcEUduTW
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His throat felt tight.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenK7JRc3bI
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'Thank you.'98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveQ070gTup
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The thought rose unbidden, directed not at the goddess but at Selina. Her presence. Her rank as a Divine Oracle.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b08OHF8WV
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Because she held that rank, his blessing carried weight it wouldn't have otherwise.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoSpTv30qf
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Other Chosen received abilities suited to survival. Basic enhancements. Modest authorities.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwtJkRr4E9
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He'd been given resurrection. And now even the freedom from one of humanity's most fundamental limitations.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsKakgokxM
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All because Selina stood as his guide.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWZhnENEis
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'I don't deserve you,' he thought. 'But I'm grateful anyway.'98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0bCehudUG
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The monolith's light dimmed as his focus withdrew, runes fading back into its surface.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6XMjDVVs6
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Cel turned away, finding Selina still standing in the mist nearby, that serene smile in place.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ7P6smCi6
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"I’m leaving now," he said quietly.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjCjI7Lq5A
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"May the Moon Goddess light your path, Chosen One."98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMvaKxEVxF
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The blessing settled over him like a gentle weight. Familiar now. Comforting in a way few things were.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XJONjB9NV
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He nodded once, then closed his eyes and reached for the boundary of his soul.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6sVlCAFZL
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The world shifted.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACucLotqQj
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Darkness greeted him.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlMxirYlRX
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Cel blinked, momentarily disoriented before realizing that he was still in his room.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqY6pbY6Mjz
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The night had fallen while he was gone.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdapXN9jt8
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He pushed himself up from the bed, joints protesting slightly despite his divinely enhanced body.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP5XpTdfDp
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboTAwWZVoQ
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His body felt... strange. Not tired, exactly. But worn in a way that had nothing to do with physical exhaustion.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAxIIHBO6C
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Like he'd been running for days and only just realized he could stop.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYNPnq7aN7
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Eternal Witness meant he didn't need sleep anymore.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAsXgBYbGA
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But that didn't mean he couldn't sleep.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK79RUfANJg
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And right now, despite everything, the thought of lying down and letting unconsciousness take him felt impossibly appealing.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmjyQjbLol
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Just for a little while.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfji8Ly5Dw3
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Cel moved to the bed and sat on its edge, then swung his legs up and lay back.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJnevD1aEu
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The mattress was thin. The pillow barely deserved the name.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61HXVOYVea
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But it was soft. Safe.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIZ4gq2ZrC
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He stared at the ceiling, watching shadows shift across wooden beams.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWQJG3b05G
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Ten days until the Academy started.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni59Dy0o7G
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Ten days to figure out what it meant to live instead of just survive.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡII1HzPoRSi
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He still didn't know how.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKugH0mqEW4
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But Selina believed he could learn.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5I3MKQk4A
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That would have to be enough.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC9thNhq02
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His eyes drifted shut.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRgW9IriKR
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Sleep came easier than it had any right to, pulling him down into darkness.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMXPae1PNl
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3Ro2Bu6MR
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Cel jerked awake gasping, sweat-soaked and shaking.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pt87jpxUd
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Gray light filtered through the window. Dawn approaching.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuukEOGA3Cr
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Just a dream.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgqDsIHi7x
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The same dream that appeared every single night.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKs7jM123L
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His breathing slowly steadied as awareness fully returned.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE5j8wViR5
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Except now…98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrfJDarVLL
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Now it wouldn't.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xkRjniY0n
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiKf762jw6
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25A6Z6QPQF
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSW5x3MTjG
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He could just... stay awake. Forever, if he chose.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3EGJO15XG
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The freedom in that felt impossible.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49gH4G2wN1
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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. 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaeaCsq9zw
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCbZOFwRDY
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What was he supposed to do now?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWCcUgZhzU
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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.’98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIV6HU8xEN
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Cel's jaw tightened.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivyLnUe85D
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He still didn't know what brought him joy. Didn't know how to just... exist without purpose or goal.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjAspVb7ry
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Training made sense. Preparing for threats made sense. But wandering around looking for something that made him smile?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ojco3NC0x
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He didn't even know where to start.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwwfgIXB57
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His thoughts circled back to the only moment recently where something close to peace had touched him.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHciuYzQDcz
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Talking with Selina.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6BA3ee3ff
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5L5eevSZe
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The way she smiled…98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1SNU4vlRo
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Heat crept up his neck at the memory of that radiant expression.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpHAYQoAKv
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He wanted to see that again.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYicgxTrxPq
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y1VEfPHcv
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The desire settled in his chest, warm and uncomfortable.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqd6xKDRUkZ
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But she was a Divine Oracle. The highest authority beneath the gods themselves.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkA1H3V6t2
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Why would she want to spend time with someone like him?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwEVp4UYky
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She guided him because it was her duty. Her role. Not because she enjoyed his company or found him interesting.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQOfD6FIyG
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Expecting anything else was just…98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIN8xZhcgb
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Delusional.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L0Ly0w0JP
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Cel pushed himself off the bed, suddenly restless. The room felt too small again. Confining.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfyCYMmQsA
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Maybe he should go outside. Walk through the Academy grounds. Get familiar with the place before classes started.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXTtVYbl0C
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Or maybe he should practice with Silent Moon. Test how Empathic Steel responded to different emotional states.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAOPbD7RKn
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Or—98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSTsK9NWpQ
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Three sharp knocks echoed through the small room.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBxdn1poC3
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Cel froze.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGXLvlRNzZ
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q6b00cvYH
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No one knew he was here. No one except the Reckoning and the receptionist who'd enrolled him.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyN5MJBZa1
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The knocks came again.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5GgbRkmF4
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Cel moved to the door silently and stopped, listening.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsJJhKS4VM
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Breathing on the other side. Steady. Calm.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe9pSO0vQz
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Not threatening, then. Or very good at pretending not to be.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7CFvSErtz
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He reached for the handle and pulled the door open.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FnaSP7P0H
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F3zC6odDt
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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."98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyJWQLf43W
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Cel stared at the offered items, his hand still hovering near where Silent Moon would appear.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43up7E02V9
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The woman's gaze tracked the motion, then returned to his face without comment. 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9scjPyigc
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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."98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdLVB8k1g5
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Cel finally reached out and took the bundle.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfv656bR66
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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."98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAi9J6Rfl4
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She paused, watching him with that same tired professionalism.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3FOsZTYGw
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“Any questions?"98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTDLyx1Xae
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Cel's throat worked. Too many questions, actually. But none that she could answer.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TewER1Tim
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"No."98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRASevRJdBw
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The woman nodded once. "Then I'll leave you to settle in. Welcome to the Chosen Academy."98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2J5ox3ltzc
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She turned and walked away down the dim hallway, footsteps fading into silence.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk9TBLRoa8
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Cel stood in the doorway for a moment longer, then stepped back inside.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa0sxRj4zK
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He moved to the bed, set the bundle down and carefully unfolded it.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MhUcfzrDw
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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. 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59hkHJduWY
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Over the heart, embroidered in that same silver thread, was the crescent moon symbol of the Moon Goddess.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEFhUYjaX0
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Cel's fingers traced over it slowly.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz4vk1LJFO
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The uniform was stiff. Formal. The kind of thing that would announce what he was to everyone who saw him.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKRkSsGfhy
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Moon Chosen. Academy student. Commoner.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoOYR2nkeL
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His fingers pulled away from the silver crescent.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGjOJfad1K
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuf6cV1GPc
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He weighed the pouch in his palm. Heavy. Solid. Real.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XHBqyR8UQ
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Wealth he'd earned simply by existing. By being Chosen.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVHJ8oANpY
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The thought sat strangely in his chest.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwizTVa2wH5
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9nAAkhwEO
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He folded the uniform carefully and set it in the wardrobe. 98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXC5vR9BiR
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zvvslS4sT
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Hours stretching ahead with nothing to do and no idea how to fill them.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QI8LiH68I
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‘Do the things that bring you joy.’ Selina's advice echoed again, gentle and impossible.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuprwHTlK8
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Cel's fingers drummed against his thigh as he considered his options.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf4aFtBGUN
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His gaze tracked to the door.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ4abj9yCC
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPxfpm0Sd0
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When was the last time he'd walked somewhere without a destination?98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpLU4q00m4
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Never, probably.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWLn8oBMsv
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Maybe that was where he should start. With just... walking.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKX1q8yYt8
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Seeing what was out there.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqNbK4IUsJ
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The idea felt foreign and slightly terrifying.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7tMQjtKcb
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But Selina believed he could do it.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RN2hKSwQV
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And right now, that was enough.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAIHdZjVOF
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Cel moved to the door, pulled it open, and stepped into the hallway.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTNjDR56In
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​​​​​​​Heyho, Author here^^98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7qyjbRUA7
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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/supporters98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1I70qhgIqg
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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.98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSt6EXpfaX
Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2fHPnPWhv7kOVpEW-7_9dVZ-R58KrdhO0hxVfGrV_dHmMIA/viewform?usp=header98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C5iTj0Chv
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Would love to see your picks! Thanks for participating^^98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlzEu6wJnC
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