By IMERPUS RELUR
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Kai found himself standing before an obsidian stone, carved with nine vertical slashes.
His fingers moved over the first—warm.
He saw it.
A memory not his, yet familiar.
A younger self. A vow.
A light sealed inside his own body—intentionally, willingly.
> "I cannot carry this now. Seal it beneath my skin. When I rewrite, let it rise again."
The moment ended.
> [Fragment Unlocked: 1st Seal - Lucida]
And in that instant, her voice returned—faint, behind the edges of thought.
> "Kai... do you remember what we used to be?"
He staggered back, breathing hard.
Lucida had awakened.
And memory, now, would rewrite him more than any blade could.