STOLEN BY THE MATE I DIDN'T WANT
“Sir… the reports confirm it. The wards no longer respond to hierarchy. They respond to—”
“—proximity, intent, shared motion,” Draven finished sharply. “Yes. I’ve read the same pages you have.”
His eyes, dark and sharp, scanned the room. Analytical, deliberate, and honed by decades of enforcing systems that never questioned themselves. He did not scold, he did not raise his voice—but every syllable carried weight.
“This is not chaos,” he continued, voice low but steady. “Chaos is loud, brash, destructive. This… this is consensus. Quiet, unassuming, deadly in its implications. And that is far more dangerous than noise.”
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