The moment she stepped from the darkness, the entire void became silent.Not because there was nothing left to say. Because reality itself seemed afraid to speak. I stood frozen as the figure emerged completely from the cracks. She looked exactly like me. The same silver eyes.The same face.The same dark hair.The same height.The same features.Yet everything about her felt different.Darkness flowed around her like a living cloak. Countless shadows twisted beneath her skin. Entire realities seemed reflected within her eyes. She smiled. The simple expression sent a chill through my soul, not because it was cruel, but because it was familiar.The smile belonged to someone who already knew how the story ended. The Keeper immediately stepped forward. For the first time since meeting it, I saw genuine concern on its face. “You should not be here.” The original Aria laughed softly. The sound echoed through the fractured void.“After all this time, that is the first thing you say to me?”
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