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Chapter 166

Author: Shalom Egbebi
last update publish date: 2026-03-03 05:25:43

Seren POV

“You think the balance is safe?” I ask, even though I already know the answer will make my chest tight.

Kairos looks older now. Not fragile. Just weathered. The kind of weathering that comes from watching history bend and refusing to blink.

“Safe?” he says quietly. “No. Maintained? Yes.”

Maintained.

That word has weight.

Because maintenance means work.

And work means someone can stop doing it.

The world learned to protect difference in systems. Then in machines. Then in minds. We buil
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