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CHAPTER 300

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The silence in the wake of Lyra’s question was more deafening than any explosion. It was the silence of a path forking in an infinite wood. One led into the gentle, perpetual twilight of this sanctuary, a life of peace earned through unimaginable hardship. The other led back into the storm, not as fugitives, but as… liberators. The word felt too grand, too heavy for our scarred shoulders.

I looked at Jeff. His face was a landscape of exhaustion and love, etched with the memory of flickering in and out of existence. He gave me a slow, deliberate nod. There was no fear in his eyes, only a weary acceptance. We had come too far to stop running now, even if we were changing the direction of the race.

I looked at Lina. She stood by the ship, her small hand still pressed against the warm, bronze hull. She wasn't looking at the safety of the crystalline dwelling or the soft, silver grass. She was looking up at the ship, her head tilted, listening to a song only she could hear.

“It’s lonely,”
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