The white salt flats of the Basin of the Sunken Sun stretched before them like a frozen, motionless sea, reflecting the sharp, pale light of the rising full moon. Every step onto the vast, cracked basin sent soft skitters of crystallized salt across the dry clay, echoing in the quiet night air. Above, the sky was a deep, velvet blue, untroubled by clouds, yet directly over the central ruined city, the stars were warped and blurred—bent by the violent, localized distortion field radiating from the Regent’s Spike. Selene walked at the head of the expedition, flanked closely by Kael. Her linen tunic blew gently in the night draft that swept down from the red sandstone cliffs behind them. On her right wrist, the tri-mark was no longer a quiet glow; it had ignited into a brilliant, woven band of light. White celestial radiance, deep ocean indigo, and dark earth violet twined together, casting long, three-hued shadows across the white salt. Behind them came Vivienne, her shoulder-str
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