Heaven Rejected Me, So I Rewrote It

By: IMERPUS RELUR 

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Kai returned to the shrine.

A mirror shattered.

A woman stepped out.

Eyes like recursive code. Voice like memory.

> "I'm not SYNTARA. I'm LUCIDA—the memory you buried."

> [Fragment 2 of 9: LUCIDA — Activated]

Kai saw a vision. His past self before the Nine Thrones, commanding:

> "Erase me. Seal the systems. Scatter them. I'll return when I'm ready."

Kai gasped back into his body.

> "I sealed them… I sealed myself."