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CHAPTER 78

Author: Lila Williams
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The second Lyra appeared three days after our return.

We were in the Council chambers, attempting to explain cosmic trials to advisors who barely understood basic magic, when reality tore open like fabric and she stepped through.

Not Anti-Lyra anymore. Just Lyra. Mortal. Vulnerable. Carrying memories of prosecuting us while also remembering being us in the original timeline.

"Hello," she said, her voice shaking slightly. "This is—awkward."

We stood from our five thrones, our unified consciousness processing her presence through multiple perspectives simultaneously. Through Kael's eyes, she looked like threat. Through Rhett's, strategic complication. Through Darius's, puzzle requiring solution. Through Marcus's, kindred spirit who understood corruption and redemption. Through my own awareness—she looked like mirror reflecting paths not taken.

"You descended," we said. "The Architect gave you mortality."

"And memories. And guilt. And—" She stopped, overwhelmed. "—and the knowledge that
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