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Chapter 409: Sixty-Five Million Years
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2026-04-05 23:35:43Old Fragment arrived at Sterling Tower forty-seven minutes later, carried in Korvin's massive grey arms because her papery body had deteriorated to the point where walking caused her to shed flakes of ancient existence like a tree losing its leaves in a windstorm.
"Set me down by the blueprints," she wheezed, her crumpled-paper lungs rattling. "And do not drop me. I am older than most of the atoms in this building."Korvin placed her in a reinforced chair beside the holotable with s
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