[The First Pulse]The air didn't just enter my lungs; it whispered secrets from a thousand miles away. I stood on the edge of the Spire’s highest balcony, and for a split second, I wasn't just Ivy. I was the wind, the salt spray, and the very heartbeat of a world I had thought was broken beyond repair.~~~The indigo light on Dante’s neck had faded into a dull, thrumming violet, but the "Sync" hadn't quieted. If anything, it had expanded. I closed my eyes, and instead of the usual internal HUD, I felt a massive, invisible web stretching out from my chest. It crawled over the Shattered Coast, skipped across the black waves of the Atlantic, and touched the shores of the Old World.I could feel them. Not just Dante. Not just the rebels. I could feel the rhythm
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