The heat was suffocating. Fire danced across the void, curling around Iris as though trying to consume her, yet it didn’t burn. She stumbled forward, chest heaving, each breath weighted like molten iron. Golden embers swirled around her, each one a dying star, their glow reflecting in her wide, panicked eyes.“I… I can’t breathe,” she gasped, clutching the Hollow Star pulsing violently on her chest.From deep within the inferno came a voice—soft yet powerful, laced with melancholy and finality.“That’s because you no longer walk the mortal path, child of flame.”Iris lifted her head, and there she was. The Moon Goddess, radiant yet fractured, stood at the heart of the fire. Cracks split her luminous body, leaking gold light as if she were breaking apart from within.“No…” Iris’s voice cracked. “What’s happening to you?!”“I’ve given too much of myself,” the Goddess said, her voice heavy. “To shield you. To guide you. Now, my flame burns out.”Iris shook her head violently. “No! Take
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