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Chapter 717: The Foundation’s Next Phase
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2026-05-10 09:29:18The meeting was smaller than it used to be.
No long table. No ceremonial seating. No sense that decisions needed witnesses to feel legitimate. Just a quiet room, late afternoon light filtering through tall windows, and a handful of people who no longer confused influence with volume.
Lillian took her seat without taking the head.
That
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