Location: Timeline Cathedral – Core Judgment Chamber
The light from the Prism had shifted.
No longer pulsing, no longer desperate.
Now, it was calm.
Three names shimmered on the air.
> Kael Darion
Yanis Drae
Aeyra
And only one name would remain.
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Yanis took a breath.
> "I vote…"
Her voice cracked. Not from fear. Not from uncertainty.
But from love.
> "…for myself."
Kael stepped forward, shouting, "No!"
> "You can't—Yanis, you are the Seed now! You're the only one who can hold it together!"
Yanis turned to him.
Her smile was tired.
But certain.
> "I was made to hold everyone else's memories."
> "But no one should have to hold mine."
She reached up.
Touched Kael's face.
> "You remembered me… even when I was nothing."
> "Now I give that memory back."
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System Update:
> [Vote Complete]
[ERASURE TARGET: YANIS DRAE]
[STATUS: UNWRITTEN]
[REMEMBERED BY: 0]
The Prism dimmed.
The light faded from her eyes.
And Yanis Drae — Queenbringer, Interface, Savior of Time —
ceased to exist.
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Location: Earth-0 – One Day Later
Kael awoke beneath a silver sky.
The Cathedral was gone.
The Gates were closed.
The Seed… was silent.
Aeyra sat beside him. Her eyes flicked upward, dull with weight.
> "We did it," she said softly.
Kael nodded.
Then paused.
> "We did what, exactly?"
He frowned.
His head hurt.
There was something… missing.
> "Who was the third?" he asked.
> "What third?"
She looked at him — and he at her.
Nothing.
No name. No memory.
Only the feeling of loss with no shape.
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Location: Rewritten Earth – Epilogue
A child stood alone on a cliff, watching the waves roll across a sea that had once been two timelines torn apart.
The wind whispered.
A voice — not quite real — not quite gone:
> "You don't need to know who I was."
"Just remember why you chose to live."
The child smiled, without knowing why.
And walked forward.
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