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The moment Rosy whispered the nameâ
"Sol."
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The universe answered.
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Not with thunder.
Not with explosions.
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With silence.
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Absolute silence.
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The kind of silence that existed before stars were born.
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The golden light beyond reality continued shining.
Brighter.
Brighter.
Brighter.
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Until even the silver being looked disturbed.
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Rosy's heart pounded violently.
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Because now she remembered.
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Not everything.
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But enough.
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Sol.
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The boy with silver hair and golden eyes.
The child she found alone between worlds.
The child she adopted after five minutes of conversation.
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Which honestly sounded exactly like something she would do.
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Yet there was something deeper.
Something more important.
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The moment she remembered his smileâ
Pain exploded inside her chest.
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A pain so intense that she dropped to one knee instantly.
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"ROSY!"
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Azrael reached her first.
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As always.
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His hand steadied her shoulder immediately.
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Rosy's vision blurred.
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Because the memories weren't coming back in fragments anymore.
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They were returning whole.
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Like someone ripping open a locked door.
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She remembered teaching Sol how to read.
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She remembered teaching him how to tie his shoes.
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She remembered him falling asleep on her shoulder.
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She remembered carrying him through entire worlds because he hated walking.
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And most painfullyâ
She remembered loving him.
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Not as a student.
Not as a disciple.
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As family.
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As her son.
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Tears slid down her cheeks before she even realized she was crying.
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"...I remember."
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The silver being closed its eyes.
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"I KNOW."
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The voice sounded sad.
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Almost guilty.
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Rosy's hands trembled.
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"...Where is he?"
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Silence.
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The worst kind.
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Because everyone knew silence meant something terrible.
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Her gaze snapped toward the silver being.
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"...Where is Sol?"
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A pause.
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Then quietlyâ
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"LOST."
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The answer shattered her.
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"No."
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Her voice cracked immediately.
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"No."
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Because she remembered now.
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She remembered everything.
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And what she remembered terrified her.
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Long agoâ
Before the great war.
Before humanity and the Void collapsed into hatred.
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There had been a prophecy.
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Not a human prophecy.
Not a Void prophecy.
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A cosmic prophecy.
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One spoken by reality itself.
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It predicted the end.
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The true end.
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The destruction of all existence.
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Not by war.
Not by the Devourer.
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By imbalance.
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Because creation and destruction had to coexist.
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Without destructionâ
Reality would overflow.
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Without creationâ
Reality would die.
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And Sol...
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Sol wasn't simply a child.
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He was the final remaining Heart of Creation.
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The living embodiment of beginnings.
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Every flower.
Every star.
Every newborn life.
Every sunrise.
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All connected to him.
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And the Devourerâ
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The embodiment of endingsâ
Wanted him.
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Wanted to consume him.
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Rosy's breathing became uneven.
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Because she finally remembered the day everything went wrong.
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A memory erupted before her eyes.
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Thousands of years ago.
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A battlefield.
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The war had already begun.
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The skies were burning.
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Humans and Void creatures were killing each other everywhere.
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The Devourer was growing stronger from the chaos.
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And Solâ
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Little Solâ
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Was terrified.
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He was only a child.
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Yet reality itself was collapsing around him.
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Rosy remembered kneeling before him.
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Holding his face gently.
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"Listen to me."
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Sol was crying.
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Actually crying.
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Golden tears.
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"...Mom."
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The word nearly destroyed her.
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Even in the presentâ
Rosy nearly stopped breathing.
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Because he always called her that.
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Not Isle.
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Not Eternal Sun.
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Mom.
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The memory continued.
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Young Sol clutched her sleeve desperately.
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"...Don't leave."
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Rosy's younger self smiled softly.
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The same smile she used whenever she was scared.
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The smile that pretended everything would be okay.
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"You're brave, right?"
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"...No."
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"...Fair enough."
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Even then she was ridiculous.
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The memory hurt.
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Because Sol laughed despite crying.
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And Rosy remembered what happened next.
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The thing she never wanted to remember.
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She sealed him.
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Not in a prison.
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Not in chains.
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Inside reality itself.
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Hidden beyond time.
Beyond worlds.
Beyond fate.
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Somewhere even the Devourer couldn't reach.
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Or so she thought.
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The memory ended abruptly.
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Rosy stared blankly ahead.
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"...I left him."
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The silver being immediately answered.
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"YOU SAVED HIM."
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"No."
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Her voice shook.
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"I abandoned him."
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Azrael knelt beside her.
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His expression softer than before.
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"...Rosy."
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She laughed weakly.
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"...He was a child."
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The words hurt.
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Because she remembered his face.
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The way he looked at her before the seal closed.
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The way he begged her not to go.
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And she went anyway.
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For the first time in thousands of yearsâ
Rosy genuinely hated herself.
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The silver being suddenly spoke.
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"HE NEVER BLAMED YOU."
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Silence.
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Rosy froze.
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"What?"
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The ancient being looked toward the distant golden light.
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"HE WAITED."
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A pause.
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"HE ALWAYS BELIEVED YOU WOULD RETURN."
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The words struck harder than any weapon.
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Because they sounded familiar.
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Painfully familiar.
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The Void creatures waited.
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Sol waited.
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Azrael waited.
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Kael searched.
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Everyone had been waiting.
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And she never came back.
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Rosy's chest tightened.
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"...I'm the worst."
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"Correct."
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Kael answered immediately.
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The capital fell silent.
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Rosy slowly looked at him.
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"...Excuse me?"
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Kael crossed his arms.
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"You disappeared for thousands of years."
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"...I was sealed."
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"Still inconvenient."
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Azrael turned away.
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Because he was trying not to laugh.
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The silver being looked confused.
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Rosy stared.
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Thenâ
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Unexpectedlyâ
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She laughed.
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A real laugh.
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Through tears.
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Through pain.
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A messy laugh.
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And somehowâ
That made the heaviness inside her chest lighter.
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Just a little.
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The silver being watched quietly.
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Then smiled.
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Because this was why everyone followed Isle.
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Not her power.
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Not her title.
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Her heart.
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Even brokenâ
It kept moving forward.
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Suddenlyâ
The golden light beyond reality pulsed again.
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Stronger.
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Much stronger.
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The entire universe shook.
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This timeâ
Everyone felt it.
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The Void creatures looked upward.
The silver being tensed.
The stars flickered.
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And thenâ
A voice echoed across existence.
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Young.
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Gentle.
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Lonely.
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A voice Rosy hadn't heard for thousands of years.
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"...Mom?"
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Everything stopped.
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Rosy's eyes widened.
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The voice came again.
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Softer this time.
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As though afraid she wouldn't answer.
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"...Mom..."
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Tears instantly filled Rosy's eyes.
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Because she knew that voice.
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She would recognize it anywhere.
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Even after eternity.
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Her lips trembled.
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"...Sol."
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The golden light exploded across the heavens.
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And somewhere beyond realityâ
A boy who had been alone for thousands of years finally heard her answer.
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End of Chapter 36