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Chapter 579: Letting Go of the Center
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2026-04-13 20:19:33Nathaniel realized it on a Thursday afternoon, standing just outside a meeting he no longer needed to attend.
He had been invited. Automatically. His name still carried enough gravity that calendars bent around it. But as he reviewed the agenda, he saw his own presence would add nothing. The questions were operational. The decisions already framed. The people in the room knew what they were doing.
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