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Chapter 82: The Living That Follows

作者: Midnightflower
last update 最終更新日: 2025-07-31 15:03:34

5:57 AM — Penthouse Balcony

The sky had become the hue of breath against stone—softer and exhaling.

Elira encircled her hand around a steaming mug, the heat constant as the far-off thrum of pre-dawn city repair workers. Before her, Caelan sat a chair on its back, arms crossed over its top as he drank thin coffee.

The wall of the clause glimmered behind the glass door. Complete, and still alive.

"Do you think it will hold?" she asked.

Caelan didn't reply immediately.

Then: "Not alone. But I think we will."

A hesitation. She let the moment linger. Then, in a low voice: "Then what do we hold next?"

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7:12 AM — South Transit Stop, Sector B

The scent of soldered wiring and melted tarp still hung on the air as buses were gradually integrated back onto the routes.

Volunteers had painted all the vehicles with chalk-line routes, redrawn after flood paths reconfigured the land. A child touched a name written beneath the window—hers, painted by her brother in bold orange.

The driver called out
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