Feral on the Ice
"Kael, that thing on the bridge is perfect. It doesn't have the burden of feeling our pain. Why would it ever choose to be 'Broken' again? If we force a merge, we might just crash her entirely!"
"Because 'Broken' is what made us REAL!" Zane roared, his voice shaking the foundation of the abyss. "We didn't climb a Spire and ride a Carrier-Wave to leave her heart in a trash-heap! If the 2.0 is the 'Will,' then we fight the 'Will' until it remembers the 'Love'!"
Jax and Cole stood by the cage, their twin-bond pulsing with a shared, mournful rhythm. They looked at the golden light of Elara, who was starting to fade, her edges blurring into the violet lasers.