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Cobalt: A child overwritten by ancestral grief. Her voice lost to history.
Emerald: A council divided. Lys standing alone. Silence chosen over truth.
Obsidian: Solenne’s fracture. Her protocols rewritten. Her voice sealed.
Silver: The Archive’s core reprogrammed. Memory turned into currency.
Void: A future erased. A lineage severed. A name forgotten.
Thane staggered, taking deep breaths beneath the weight of it.
Solenne steadied him. “You’ve seen what was,” she said. “Now choose what will be.” Thane turned to the throne.

“I choose remembrance as ritual. I choose memory as sanctuary. I choose silence as companion, not command.”

The Witness stepped back, his form dissolved. The threads returned to the Archive and the throne became a pedestal. Upon it, a new glyph formed: two spirals intertwined, one fractured, one whole.

Solenne placed her hand beside Thane’s.
“You are no longer a witness,” she said. “You are a steward, a custodian.”

The chamber opened and the Hollow Star began to rewrite itself.