Cold pressed against burned skin.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5CMbO3Mhu
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Cel's eyes cracked open. Gray light filtered through crystal formations that no longer glowed with lethal intensity. The four suns had set. Night's mercy had returned.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMqxQz1x92
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He'd survived - somehow.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyRRXjXEjQ
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His body hadn't moved. He was still slumped against the creature's spine, still impaled through the palm on the crystal spike. Dark blood had dried in trails down his forearm, staining hide beneath him.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmM3DhS6CtU
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The creature's breathing moved in slow, steady rhythm. It had stopped walking. Settled down to rest while he'd been unconscious.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QZUQFHDSX
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Cel stared at the spike protruding from both sides of his hand.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1odAtJvQl7
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He needed to move. Needed to climb down before the creature woke and while darkness still gave him cover from the heat.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4mphbQdkM
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But his body refused.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7f7SlxqAz
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Every muscle screamed. His skin was burned. His lips split. His throat beyond dry. He had no strength left.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZASxFuS6xL
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Yet his left hand twitched anyway. Fingers closed around a ridge.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViNyS6bItF
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He pulled.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMv8NHtscM
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Nothing happened.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbgoR2nWIv
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He pulled harder.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQzPI3N3fX
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His body shifted an inch. Then another. Pain exploded through his impaled hand as the crystal scraped against bone. But he didn't stop. He couldn't stop. Not here. Not now.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinQCieZ2QW
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With a wet sound, his palm slid free of the spike.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMons7fu031
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Blood flowed fresh. He pressed the ruined hand against his chest and pushed himself upright with his left arm. His legs trembled beneath him, threatening to give out.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7p9MowqBqa
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One foot in front of the other.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7STHGpVki
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His left hand gripped crystal edges. His right hung useless at his side, leaving a trail of blood droplets. Pain accompanied each movement.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVbErgJ3Wd
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Finally, his feet touched solid ground.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PFvrRbqTZ
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His legs buckled immediately.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLxR9YLWKi
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Cel collapsed onto crystal shards, his impaled hand slamming onto the ground. The impact sent a fresh wave of pain up his arm. He bit down on a scream his ruined ears wouldn't hear.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWrVrdcdpO
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He should be dead.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aN7YKdTA8
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The thought arrived with perfect clarity. No fever haze. No delirium. Just cold, factual assessment.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmzr2ixIbG
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He'd been starved for over a year. Beaten and bled by cultists who used him for their twisted experiments. Forced to eat rotting meat until his sense of taste died completely. Transported to this nightmare after nearly dying in the Hollow Realms. Crossed the crystal maze under four blazing suns that permanently destroyed his hearing. Suffered burns and cuts across most of his body. Dragged into a lake of mirrors where reflections of everyone who’d tormented him nearly shatter his mind completely. Gone two days without water in killing heat. Impaled his own hand just to stay conscious while clinging to a creature that could crush him by chance, unaware he even existed.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwULiin9aU
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His body should have quit a dozen times over.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VhS6PTP6w
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Yet somehow, his heart kept beating. His lungs kept pulling air. Some stubborn piece of him - rage perhaps, or simple spite - refused to let go.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxe8wLP3GI
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But he couldn't stand. Not anymore.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXik9d3ReJx
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Cel pressed his forehead against the ground, blood from his split lips wetting his mouth. His chest heaved with each breath. The night air felt impossibly cold against his burnt skin, every nerve screaming at the contrast.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYTdwKLdXe
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He knew he wouldn't survive another day in this crystal maze.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0sZPG52NZ
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His left arm trembled as he pushed himself up. Made it to his knees before his vision grayed at the edges. He stopped. Breathed. Waited for the world to solidify.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WwXMQWJt0
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One knee forward. Then the other. Crawling like an animal through scattered crystal fragments that bit into his palms and shins.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0x0Dye7kL
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His right hand dragged uselessly, leaving a trail of blood across stone and crystal. Each time his weight shifted onto it, fresh agony bloomed. He learned to favor the left, to distribute his weight differently.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFUxgVLqDK
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Progress came through painful effort. Each movement a small victory of will over flesh.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe3ymcZWwq
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‘Just keep moving. Don't think. Don't stop.’54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEEt36BWh8
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His left palm pressed against something smooth. He blinked, trying to focus through the haze.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnECdaVAdV
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The ground had changed. No more scattered shards biting into his skin. The surface beneath him felt almost polished, worn smooth by something he couldn't name.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuCLt1Sglv
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‘When did that happen?’54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgA2ZX29X4
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Cel lifted his head, squinting into the gloom.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xCY60Fnbi
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The crystal nearest him rose at least twice his height. He followed its line upward - three times his height. Four. The crystal stretched toward the sky like a cathedral pillar, its surface flawless and vast.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYZKgyb9Iv
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He turned his head left. Another massive formation. Right. Three more, each one dwarfing anything he'd seen in the outer maze. They pressed closer together too, their bases nearly touching, creating narrow gaps between them that twisted at angles his eyes couldn't quite follow.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbX3egLXLo
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‘Just how far did that creature carry me?’ The thought arrived slowly, fighting through exhaustion. 54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ6TD3lAuA
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He'd been barely conscious during the journey. Had felt the creature's movement beneath him, the hours passing in fragments of awareness. But he hadn't truly comprehended the distance. Hadn't realized—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vLNU3Blbw
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A shadow moved between the crystals.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03U0NM5yTm
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Cel froze.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh0TLx2nwd
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The darkness shifted.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PTcb3xQwb
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Bone gleamed pale between the formations. A skull emerged first - violet light burning in empty sockets, jagged crystal jutting from the crown like a broken halo. Ribs came next, each one studded with crystalline growths that formed a cage around the hollow chest.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDoV7iAccZ
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The skeleton's left leg dragged behind - crystal had swallowed the bone completely. The limb scraped across stone with each step, leaving trails through dust.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGF5Sw3tr0
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The skull rotated.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYZq3YoyJZ
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Violet light locked onto him.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeJMT7fD8X
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‘Shit.’54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFm6JUYVLX
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Cel's breath caught. His arms were already shaking from the crawling. His body had nothing left. The thought of standing - of running - was laughable.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecULm9YfOD
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The skeleton took another step. The crystal-encased leg dragged behind, slowing its approach but not stopping it.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3p3dcOiwMo
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Another step.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmW59nCV6d
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Cel’s left arm shifted. Then his knee. He dragged himself forward - away from the approaching thing. 54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7RuhhRuKg
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Too slow.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezzsVmyAi1
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He forced himself forward another pull. His right hand screamed. His vision blurred. The skeleton closed the distance with grinding steps, narrowing the gap with each of his pitiful retreats.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvPH3SIjYY
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‘I can't… there's nowhere—’54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuHBMl37wA
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The world shook.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJayvc17jzE
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Cel's arms buckled. He hit the ground hard, cheek slamming against smooth stone. The surface beneath him rippled, sending violent vibrations up through his bones. Crystal formations around him blazed brighter, their hum rising to a shriek.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxMyuP4v3V
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He twisted his head.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAXpAR6LCs
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In the distance - far beyond the dense forest of crystal formations around him - something caught his eye. A sliver of the great spire, barely visible between towering formations.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvdUr2Hdxg
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Its light was gone.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRLKLqiMHl
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The violet glow that had always pulsed through its core had died completely. The structure was collapsing - its top already fractured, massive chunks breaking away and tumbling down its length. The destruction spread like infection, racing through crystal with terrible speed.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AioJEMJ46
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Then the fragments hit the ground.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgVR69ktFG
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The impact slammed through the maze. The floor heaved beneath Cel like a living thing. He flattened himself against stone as the shock wave rolled through, strong enough to make his jaw clench and his vision shake.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNOgKymOHv
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The skeleton stumbled, its crystal-heavy leg unable to compensate. It crashed to one knee, skull turning toward the distant destruction.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjT9uXSW8B
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Cel didn't wait.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqpZSptzWS
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He dragged himself forward with desperate strength, ignoring the pain, ignoring everything except the need to put distance between himself and that thing. One arm length. Two. His muscles screamed. His vision tunneled.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp6lenWcTp
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His left hand reached forward and found nothing but air.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOjRPCcMzD
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‘Huh?’54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjsJ4X1cyX
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Cel stopped, panting, staring at the edge that had appeared impossibly before him. A massive chasm split the maze - a wound in the earth so wide that it could easily swallow an entire city.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg1QaCLEfd
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Behind him, crystal scraped against stone.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CenvipYGF
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He twisted his head back.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7COICUS9HL
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The skeleton had risen. Its crowned skull was fixed on him now, violet light burning in empty sockets. It moved forward with renewed purpose, dragging its ruined leg behind, closing the distance between them.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta996uBfqo
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Cel tried to crawl sideways along the chasm's edge. His arms gave out after two pulls. He collapsed flat, watching the thing approach.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hlZcRSKAh
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Ten feet away. Eight. Six.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLd8TaTA1O
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The skeleton loomed over him, blocking out the moonless sky. Crystal growth caught what little light remained, creating shadows that danced across its bones. Its jaw hung open in a permanent scream. One skeletal hand reached down, fingers spreading to grasp—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4RPKk0oTn
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It stopped.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKz3i8NJ44
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The crowned skull tilted downward. But not at Cel. Past him.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJuOtsavbc
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Into the chasm.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6n93p5Xwt
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Cel's breath came in ragged gasps as he watched the thing's posture change. The reaching hand withdrew. The skeleton turned away from him, its violet gaze locked on something in the depths below.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtuRukSUSl
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Then it stepped over him.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0MhnGioGK
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Cel felt the scrape of its crystal leg against his back as it straddled his body. Felt the thing's weight shift. A moment later, it was past him, standing at the very edge of the chasm.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuZQ66B0M2
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It jumped.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuHNZHqmch
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No hesitation. No pause. Just a simple, decisive leap off the edge and into darkness.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGPs29iZE6
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The skeleton disappeared. Swallowed by the abyss as if it had never existed.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeAJBIlDqb
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Silence returned. 54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ2P0wRFqI
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Cel lay motionless at the precipice, too exhausted to process what he'd just witnessed.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEPAnCWbEE
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‘What... what was that?’54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwlw35a7eY
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His left arm trembled as he dragged himself forward. Just an inch. Enough to peer over the edge.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltXtOSFw9B
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Now, it is a repetThe depths disappeared beyond sight. No bottom visible. Just endless descent into violet-lit darkness that made his stomach clench. The chasm walls were studded with massive crystal formations, each one larger than any he'd seen in the maze above, jutting outward in chaotic clusters.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZTdbWKH98
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But deep within - far, far below - something else glowed.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HCBjwS8O6
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White light. Not violet.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S3f9xz5Vo
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It pulsed gently, steady and alive. The rhythm matched something in his chest, a pull he felt in his bones.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIxaxFFitx
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‘The skeleton saw this. Saw it and jumped without hesitation.’ Cel stared into the abyss, trying to comprehend what he was seeing. 54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJQyepMR3J
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The creature had carried him impossibly far - the spire had been barely visible before it collapsed. The maze had transformed around him while he'd clung to consciousness. Larger. Denser. More concentrated. As if all its power was converging on this single point.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd1njgTn8x
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He'd survived everything only to end up here, at the maze's deepest reaches. Too weak to crawl. Too broken to do anything but stare into depths that should terrify him.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWmEjOQSsY
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But that light…54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeFH8KeEqi
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That light was different.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrXYasemw4
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It felt almost like… hope.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ37jcQYZIS
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