AshbourneThe pressure gauge steadied at exactly where it needed to be.I adjusted the valve on the Luna’s Breath chamber before stepping back from the glass tank, watching silver vapor coil slowly through the reinforced container like living smoke. The laboratory lights reflected faintly across the surface while the filtration systems hummed softly around me.At least something in this world still obeyed reason.I removed my gloves carefully and placed them beside the microscope station before reviewing the latest extraction readings scrolling across the holographic display. The numbers were lower than I preferred, but still usable. Redward’s soil had always produced the purest concentration before the continent lost access to it nineteen years ago.A disappointing waste of potential.“Sir… the stabilization curve is holding, but the containment pressure…”“It’s inefficient.”The interruption came before the young researcher could finish. He froze instantly beside the secondary conso
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