Aria's POV Through divine perception, I watched Dimitri make the most painful decision of his existence. His light form, already strained from holding the memories of entire realities, began to crack like glass under impossible pressure."I can't hold them all," he said through Protection, his voice fracturing into harmonics. "Every memory I preserve demands space, and I'm running out of space to exist. But if I let them go, those realities truly die."Through vampire sight, Elena saw the cracks spreading across his luminous form. "Dimitri, no. There has to be another way. You don't have to carry this alone.""That's exactly it," he replied, light bleeding from growing fissures. "I don't have to carry it alone. I can distribute the burden, share the memories across everyone. But to do that, I need to shatter."Through Wisdom, David understood the implications immediately. "You're talking about fragmenting yourself permanently. Pieces of you in everyone, never able to fully reunite."
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