Outside the Cabinet Hall, the streets of New City stood transfixed by massive displays in plazas, televisions in bakeries, radios in taxis and offices. A thousand points of attention, all riveted to the same image—the council chamber, the national crest, the truth being told at last.In one government office complex, a man in a gray suit stood frozen in front of the screen. His knuckles whitened around the paper he had been reviewing before the feed began.“Those blasted old-minded bastards…” he muttered, voice shaking with anger. “How dare they come and attack us...?”Around him, murmurs of outrage stirred. Then, from the back of the office, someone stood up—tall, middle-aged, with a heavy black overcoat draped over his chair."Say no more!" the man barked. "Open the military draft! My families in Wasteland—I’m going in. I’ll fight."Voices rose around him."Sign me too!""Get my gear!""Where do I report?"Across Aeternum—cafés, factories, farms, even fishing boats tuned into the fe
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