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Chapter 564: Lucas Stands Publicly
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2026-04-10 19:16:59Lucas did not plan to speak.
That was what made it irreversible.
He had told himself he would provide testimony if required, answer questions if summoned, correct the record only when distortion crossed into fiction. Silence, he believed, could still be ethical if it refused to participate in manipulation.
That belief lasted exactly t
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