Cel stopped before the monolith, grateful for the excuse to focus on something other than the heat still crawling up his neck.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlZOtFkDnd
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The surface rippled like water, runes burning against his vision:109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWvC7ILZpJ
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<Name: Celvian> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTABPg4QrDa
<Paragons: (Heir to the Moon) (White Death)> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JAZ6P07zV
<Artifacts: (Silent Moon) (Cinderward)> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZq1NPrlAW
<Insights: (Ledger of Nightmares)> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBYW8tAZej
<Achievements: (2)>109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxTJwy6CQI
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He focused on the achievements line.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAk3Fmjnkm
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<Achievements: (You died) (You entered a new dimension)>109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhkOYlEN8j
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Cel stared at the words.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHn0QSJwEV
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Crazy. Both of them sounded absolutely insane when laid out like that.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklRWHmL3A0
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw3QLopf8s
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His brow furrowed.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsBwmERYTJ
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Not the Hollow Realms. Not the real world either. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIvB8UB3Br
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A completely separate dimension.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa96xUrXxq
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But how?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY6DbNsCaH
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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?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTAGlMXuBk
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Or had someone created it?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdnqE1gj07
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0ks79foGi
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYYkbI9OHv
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What kind of person could lead such figures? And what kind of power did someone like that possess?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10EMJvhG2D
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Cel's jaw tightened. More questions without answers.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv9zTGMiMj
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His gaze shifted back to his paragons. One of them had received a new trait.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDAMWAamLs
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He focused on Heir to the Moon first.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWxcUGGc1J
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<Paragon: Heir to the Moon> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqICwUvJJE
<Affinity: 1/10> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14OkPwMmTX
<Traits: (Lunar Vigor) (Unbroken Succession) (Eternal Witness)>109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8EDBvtdyi
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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.">109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVGsgNNmKy
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Three traits now, instead of two.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuMg5ueUKV
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Eternal Witness. The new addition.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWpzTUBT24
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Cel narrowed his focus on it and the runes shifted again.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHkm1oxTGq
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<Trait: Eternal Witness> 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOpUngLQFy
<Effect: Your body has adapted to the moon's eternal watch. You no longer require sleep.>109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTrULi66WZ
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For a moment, he simply stared.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfj96fgP4t
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Then the implication hit him like a physical blow.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYhqhStCV8
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No sleep.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wrkr6QtOO
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Never again.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcjBNcT89y
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wzVuyDr0G
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The sheer value of that…109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmvAEV6loZ
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1vHLLPydJ
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Now he'd never have to worry about that again.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddG7g1jK02
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His throat felt tight.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpG5zNzOvIL
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'Thank you.'109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZFGHT9gDH
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The thought rose unbidden, directed not at the goddess but at Selina. Her presence. Her rank as a Divine Oracle.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQFr8xMQXj
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Because she held that rank, his blessing carried weight it wouldn't have otherwise.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4G9XfKOa2
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Other Chosen received abilities suited to survival. Basic enhancements. Modest authorities.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrHhfLn5Oe
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He'd been given resurrection. And now even the freedom from one of humanity's most fundamental limitations.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaQnCioBWb
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All because Selina stood as his guide.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSBG0Ffd6r
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'I don't deserve you,' he thought. 'But I'm grateful anyway.'109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp1EyMuzWG
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The monolith's light dimmed as his focus withdrew, runes fading back into its surface.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01APUTJDxa
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Cel turned away, finding Selina still standing in the mist nearby, that serene smile in place.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qkzgasVS5
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"I’m leaving now," he said quietly.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96bVhuc8fH
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"May the Moon Goddess light your path, Chosen One."109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFfGyLolv1
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The blessing settled over him like a gentle weight. Familiar now. Comforting in a way few things were.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYUmQjU2cj
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He nodded once, then closed his eyes and reached for the boundary of his soul.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPfkL0CkUn
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The world shifted.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev7Fl9Yhoe
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Darkness greeted him.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEfJdNfCPC
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Cel blinked, momentarily disoriented before realizing that he was still in his room.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7Y1YicDFd
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The night had fallen while he was gone.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1l5cj2yGX
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He pushed himself up from the bed, joints protesting slightly despite his divinely enhanced body.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgfReheMP0
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2SCnROvxQ
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His body felt... strange. Not tired, exactly. But worn in a way that had nothing to do with physical exhaustion.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvHOSKKedn
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Like he'd been running for days and only just realized he could stop.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo605nebOjc
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Eternal Witness meant he didn't need sleep anymore.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnulKAOSbb
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But that didn't mean he couldn't sleep.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot98zrTrRV
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And right now, despite everything, the thought of lying down and letting unconsciousness take him felt impossibly appealing.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCk6mAjNtx
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Just for a little while.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn84Dft7O2
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Cel moved to the bed and sat on its edge, then swung his legs up and lay back.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3QAomF1Kr
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The mattress was thin. The pillow barely deserved the name.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ9xX4nJXB
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But it was soft. Safe.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKt0sK1eAv
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He stared at the ceiling, watching shadows shift across wooden beams.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YWlDmoJ1W
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Ten days until the Academy started.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDuY96jyEJ
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Ten days to figure out what it meant to live instead of just survive.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF58NCNvJo
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He still didn't know how.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqud2VpeN1
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But Selina believed he could learn.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBdgVc2eK2
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That would have to be enough.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwScO3Ju8L9
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His eyes drifted shut.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0L0VtZqdv
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Sleep came easier than it had any right to, pulling him down into darkness.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOL5CnjJHq
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlR7SSJI07
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Cel jerked awake gasping, sweat-soaked and shaking.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOyan5kQSh
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Gray light filtered through the window. Dawn approaching.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJa92X1Dc0U
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Just a dream.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhAL964nAe
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The same dream that appeared every single night.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjjXcl7tyI
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His breathing slowly steadied as awareness fully returned.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SttpxAcAC
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Except now…109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBCBk16mjO
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Now it wouldn't.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOildzxw83m
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXEL0Yl1wU
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt3xseGVub
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjnYPMLHWB
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He could just... stay awake. Forever, if he chose.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8iJI6EnSr
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The freedom in that felt impossible.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRmCOvSwPN
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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. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylRQWTZ833
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4lQGNXI9U
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What was he supposed to do now?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3i3juG6lM
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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.’109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxIAN3ukYw
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Cel's jaw tightened.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACPKoOigWc
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He still didn't know what brought him joy. Didn't know how to just... exist without purpose or goal.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63gq5RvJsY
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Training made sense. Preparing for threats made sense. But wandering around looking for something that made him smile?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqc4za2fvP
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He didn't even know where to start.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZUHsd4MZL
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His thoughts circled back to the only moment recently where something close to peace had touched him.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx3vX7mYIx
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Talking with Selina.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w8mbY6Ter
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PEZrh39I5
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The way she smiled…109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ao84XcEAY
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Heat crept up his neck at the memory of that radiant expression.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiJzZG11GW
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He wanted to see that again.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3Vo2QLDj9
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6c6YJ6GEU
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The desire settled in his chest, warm and uncomfortable.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK2b7qn25l
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But she was a Divine Oracle. The highest authority beneath the gods themselves.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BbjBEsyQK
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Why would she want to spend time with someone like him?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AgxZ0vGkq
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She guided him because it was her duty. Her role. Not because she enjoyed his company or found him interesting.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3x9fPyzFfn
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Expecting anything else was just…109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiwF47gNbD
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Delusional.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4bS4werH0
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Cel pushed himself off the bed, suddenly restless. The room felt too small again. Confining.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgtf3mpR61
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Maybe he should go outside. Walk through the Academy grounds. Get familiar with the place before classes started.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtGxLyzb2l
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Or maybe he should practice with Silent Moon. Test how Empathic Steel responded to different emotional states.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN5EBnsNIj
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Or—109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOU3mk76RP
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Three sharp knocks echoed through the small room.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvTHUkUAE2
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Cel froze.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpuQW8Ivow
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBnHK5oTsS
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No one knew he was here. No one except the Reckoning and the receptionist who'd enrolled him.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ6GmUbaYT
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The knocks came again.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtDbMlynzd
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Cel moved to the door silently and stopped, listening.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yEyovT43B
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Breathing on the other side. Steady. Calm.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozXWVfM9zS
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Not threatening, then. Or very good at pretending not to be.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHhwpWstOS
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He reached for the handle and pulled the door open.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnHwIOqVJv
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT09oel3aNV
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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."109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXufE6d7yD
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Cel stared at the offered items, his hand still hovering near where Silent Moon would appear.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF7rkyP21R
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The woman's gaze tracked the motion, then returned to his face without comment. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFRGTzpxzQ
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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."109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrU9Qc4BXV
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Cel finally reached out and took the bundle.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkbBjXWlqF
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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."109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQpBo8XCBh
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She paused, watching him with that same tired professionalism.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsadogvSJsT
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“Any questions?"109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfU7kzW5Jy
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Cel's throat worked. Too many questions, actually. But none that she could answer.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IZkBzIZeU
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"No."109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNpttsqvK1
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The woman nodded once. "Then I'll leave you to settle in. Welcome to the Chosen Academy."109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH53nV0GpGp
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She turned and walked away down the dim hallway, footsteps fading into silence.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbkIyavnPp
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Cel stood in the doorway for a moment longer, then stepped back inside.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelhM9HWqmV
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He moved to the bed, set the bundle down and carefully unfolded it.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6akhypdhs
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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. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbjSOYl9gi
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Over the heart, embroidered in that same silver thread, was the crescent moon symbol of the Moon Goddess.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA0RkWQo2A
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Cel's fingers traced over it slowly.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r5fUjHcd9
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The uniform was stiff. Formal. The kind of thing that would announce what he was to everyone who saw him.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzo9pnHtHY
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Moon Chosen. Academy student. Commoner.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPtr3Cz7Vg
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His fingers pulled away from the silver crescent.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP30lpZkl2
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMsp2Qwvr1
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He weighed the pouch in his palm. Heavy. Solid. Real.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsnkHKZOUl
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Wealth he'd earned simply by existing. By being Chosen.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpczKgQ0Ytf
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The thought sat strangely in his chest.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12Erlynvgu
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7ieQmslzw
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He folded the uniform carefully and set it in the wardrobe. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWmnDhMzd8
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxon3XlGM93
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Hours stretching ahead with nothing to do and no idea how to fill them.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc4cqA6BH1
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‘Do the things that bring you joy.’ Selina's advice echoed again, gentle and impossible.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsTy1FbBgv
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Cel's fingers drummed against his thigh as he considered his options.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoZoJQb8kD
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His gaze tracked to the door.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAeI51eFtC
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo39ELEU3T
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When was the last time he'd walked somewhere without a destination?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPsgBapmCu
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Never, probably.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnLEc2Lav0
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Maybe that was where he should start. With just... walking.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv14pyHYNCd
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Seeing what was out there.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz01tq0BFl
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The idea felt foreign and slightly terrifying.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8byOpfufs
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But Selina believed he could do it.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jR8qBAj9l
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And right now, that was enough.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgffS4vmK0D
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Cel moved to the door, pulled it open, and stepped into the hallway.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0AcumsoAE
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​​​​​​​Heyho, Author here^^109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jeJ033Z2q
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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/supporters109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4T07UVCGi4
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNybWOhnbcg
Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2fHPnPWhv7kOVpEW-7_9dVZ-R58KrdhO0hxVfGrV_dHmMIA/viewform?usp=header109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXhyLng1X4
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Would love to see your picks! Thanks for participating^^109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKMpcFTnQn
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