Cel took a slow breath and closed his eyes.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgWJlQpk3x
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The bond was there - carved into him like scripture across his soul. Silent Moon. Not just a weapon waiting in some distant armory, but something closer. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8j7LxFLUGq
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He raised his hand and reached for it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7u5jiJQWA
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Not with fingers, but with intent. A pulse of will extended from his chest like a breath released into cold air.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7tTLeJaQt
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The air shifted.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnArKp2sP6
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Cel's eyes snapped open.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCAaBJ5OSZ
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Ash curled inward at his feet, recoiling from something unseen. A breeze rose - sudden and soundless - carrying no temperature, no scent. Just presence. The gray dust spiraled toward a point before him, caught in an invisible current.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5W2kOZDPe
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A glimmer appeared in the empty air.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2TqFG8B98
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Then it grew.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizTT000Su7
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Thread by thread, moonlight unraveled from nothing. Weaving. Building. The light moved with deliberate grace, as if the artifact had always existed beneath the surface of reality and was only now choosing to be seen.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53OBvqRoZA
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The radiance exploded.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfQgus0eeQ
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He threw up an arm, shielding his face as the light reached its peak - blinding, merciless, absolute. For a heartbeat, the Ashlands vanished into pure white.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0U3eEMTYcZ
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Then the brilliance collapsed inward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZg8vC0wTpM
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When he could see again, a blade hung in the air before him.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDwKXBIZvl
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Long. Slender. Perfectly straight.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrE4lKViqX
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A chokutō.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Igk8pY066
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Recognition sparked immediately. A straight katana - he'd studied its form years ago during weapons training. Simple geometry. Single-edged. Single-edged. Practical. The kind of weapon that rewarded precision over fancy movements.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5O0QofhOc
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But this was no training blade.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSReX3X8Zo
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It hovered in the air, and Cel found himself unable to look away.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOFr16e6b1
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Deep violet bled into dark steel along its length, creating a flow that shifted with the angle of his gaze. The edge carried a spectral indigo sheen - subtle, but unmistakable.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJYXn1EemS
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His eyes traced down the blade's length and stopped.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKoWZCPVpR
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Etched into the blade near its hold were nine symbols. Moon phases. Crescents, half-moons, and at the heart - a full circle. Each one carved with divine precision, spaced in flawless intervals from new moon to full and back again.
No embellishment. No wasted detail. Just the phases themselves, stark against the metal.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgjC2X2CAq
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The guard was a narrow oval - simple, obsidian-dark, serving its purpose without demanding attention. Below it, the hilt stretched clean and sure, wrapped in midnight silk that caught the hollow light. Dusk blue and coal black, braided together like woven shadows.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapIvuInAlN
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A single crimson ribbon trailed from the pommel.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEH4dqTXxy
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Cel's fingers twitched at his side.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQCgd9ufpQ
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He could feel the weapon's weight without touching it. Not physical mass, but meaning. Presence. This artifact had been forged for a single purpose, meant for one hand alone.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyuNKdZJY8
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The Moon's.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4LOwMiRZ8
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Or now... his.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw5okJBoz6
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Slowly, he reached forward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ03kPBNM9f
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His fingers closed around the hilt.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX4RYHE0nV
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Cold shot through his palm.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNovSehb5e
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Cel gasped - not from pain, but from sudden, sharp awareness. The sensation raced up his arm, into his shoulder, straight to his chest where it settled like ice against his ribs.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eolC72vkA
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The weapon wasn't just metal. It was alive - responding to his touch like something waking from a long sleep.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kdO9cVfES
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Then the moon phases began to glow.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNTGDxuwxJ
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Four of them ignited with soft white light - pristine and cold, like moonlight untouched by cloud or smoke. The outermost crescents blazed first, then two quarter moons, illuminating in sequence along the blade's length.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZdL32eZoj
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But five remained dark.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1tT8cHtrP
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The full moon at the center. The half-moons on either side. And two crescents flanking them.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlmUnoH5ur
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Those symbols alone stayed dormant, as if the weapon had looked inside him and found those spaces... empty.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC94W14CRuQ
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Cel stared at them, pulse quickening.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsydrrjpzfB
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‘Empathic Steel.’30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8d7F1qM8j
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The description hadn't explained what that meant. Now he understood.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAETAnnvwmd
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The blade was reading him. Not his thoughts or memories - something deeper. And it was reflecting that truth back through those glowing symbols, showing him exactly what he was in this moment.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH2eA8mPdp
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But what did it mean that five phases remained unlit?30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1TjAqAbMt
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He didn't know. At least not yet.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIEBrNlQuf
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His grip tightened around the hilt. The weapon felt... right. Balanced perfectly for his reach, the weight distributed in a way that made holding it feel natural despite his lack of real combat experience.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgveuyPLyl
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Cel lifted the blade slightly, watching how the edge caught the red dawn light.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YFzWSYrxc
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A bitter smile pulled at his lips.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByzHUPWAlL
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His father had spent years trying to make him into a warrior… and failed completely. The clan's weapon masters had given up on him before he'd turned twelve.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEDJGylON2
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Now the Moon Goddess had placed a divine blade in his hands.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlzAHrH3Ic
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The irony was almost beautiful.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHlwCDmiYw
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"This is mine," he whispered.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9s10EyDfq
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Not handed down from his clan. Not stolen, borrowed or granted as charity. Earned through suffering. Through death itself.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjrbLvIjJp
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Cel exhaled slowly and stepped back from the twisted pillar, letting the Ashlands stretch around him. Silence pressed in from all sides, heavy and waiting.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpGrOQNmz8
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Time to see what this weapon could actually do.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7vvEXhVDx
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Cel adjusted his grip, fingers settling into the silk wrapping. The hilt was just long enough for two hands, but he held it with one - the way a chokutō was meant to be wielded. Single-handed.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NIvb0ZIkY
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His stance felt wrong immediately.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dPbeS6MSf
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Feet too close together. Weight distributed poorly. But fragments of old lessons surfaced anyway - the theory he'd been drilled on years ago, buried beneath failure and his father's disappointment.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwyOT0R6CK
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He planted his feet wider into the ash and raised the blade. Not high. Not aggressive. Just... ready.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iTtgUWXmu
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Then he moved.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXiGNtb4I7
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A basic diagonal slash. Down and across.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64Ib6nDLaw
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His arm surged forward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJECjJuXefN
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Too fast. Too hard.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa07ZSsw1Iu
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The blade ripped through empty air with violent speed, and Cel's entire body lurched with it. His front foot skidded through loose ash.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo9qGgBBML
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He stumbled, barely catching himself before falling completely.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WhXTHI2nw
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Dust scattered around his legs as he straightened, breathing harder than he should have been.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROq0bQXmWp
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‘What in the gods' name…?’30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUnwCx8GKL
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He'd barely put any force into that swing. Just a simple practice cut, the kind he'd done hundreds of times as a child.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXZCMQV6P8
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But his muscles had responded with far more strength than he'd meant to use.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvHm1CV7Ut
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Cel gritted his teeth and reset his stance.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDJZIYdsmV
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This time he moved more carefully. A straight thrust forward. Slow. Controlled.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxDHErFksz
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His arm extended—30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXIObHlLh6
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And the blade shot forward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Zqk52TPfl
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The tip punched through air like it had real weight behind it, his shoulder rotating harder than he'd planned. His back foot scraped against stone as his body tried to compensate, and he had to hop once - actually hop - to keep from pitching forward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDwZcHNSkI
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Heat crawled up his neck.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkJyVbIoTn
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This was absurd.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpm3jiPP2Q
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He had strength now. Real strength, gifted by divine resurrection. But his body didn't know what to do with it. His mind gave commands expecting the response of his old, broken flesh - and his muscles answered with overwhelming force he couldn't control.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWQCMv6I9i
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The weapon made no protest. Silent Moon followed every motion with perfect balance, its weight barely felt in his grip.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvoS3bOr01
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It wasn't the blade that was clumsy.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgR00fQCnl
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It was him.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡON76y85Ro1
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Cel stood motionless for a moment, shoulders rising and falling with each breath. Frustration coiled tight in his chest, hot and familiar.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jPyzuyAhY
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‘Focus.’30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKLWHAYmuP
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He closed his eyes briefly, forcing the heat down. Getting angry wouldn't help. He needed to adjust. Learn this body's limits the same way he'd learned to survive that cell - through observation and adaptation.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7TjpX11iY
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When he opened his eyes again, his vision had narrowed.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpruIHFzPBJ
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Not to the empty Ashlands or the distant horizon.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEn1tG8hDN
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Just to what he could feel.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwM9Fl1RyYa
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The brittle ground beneath his feet. The silk wrapping against his palm. The quiet hum of power coiled beneath his skin, waiting.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQVn1rS1zh
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He readied the blade again. Slower this time.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcHDHtVCtU
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His weight shifted onto his back foot. Core tightened. Front foot lifted slightly, hovering.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalOa4I55RC
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Then forward.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaPq30pNah
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A thrust. Clean. Measured.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8VqegQsvv
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His arm extended at the speed he intended - not perfect, but closer. The blade's tip drove straight ahead, cutting through air without that wild surge of uncontrolled strength.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEo8ULmr9Zc
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His balance held.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDO35X2yuJ
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When he pulled back, his feet stayed planted exactly where he'd put them.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU49RgXPcs
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Better.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXozQCohcm2
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Not good. Not even competent by any real standard.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCHoHQvMwT
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But better.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslscH3X8ST
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Cel let the tension drain and glanced down at the blade in his hand.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EyV1VhPBV
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Then froze.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ4Vmgpr6w
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Two more moon phases had ignited.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3klntyCQQW
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Now all six crescents on the outer edges shone along Silent Moon's length, leaving only the full moon and the half-moons at the center unlit, dark and waiting.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSXkBNHY04
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Cel's breath caught.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdXdhyRgZ4
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The blade hadn't responded to strength. Hadn't cared about perfect form or technique he didn't possess.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk15b3PQjL8
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It had responded to focus.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT990ZEFO7
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To the moment his mind and body had aligned.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSDYsePP7w
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Something warm flickered in his chest. Not pride - he had no right to that yet. But recognition.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMn2Q5QLhN
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The weapon saw him - just like the Moon Goddess did.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5A1KtCEHn
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Not what he pretended to be. Not what others wanted him to be.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgtjMuvqor
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Just what he was in each moment - distracted or centered, scattered or focused.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wAGuFrucU
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And it reflected that truth without judgment.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHpTT50R25
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Cel's fingers tightened around the hilt, that warmth spreading.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjONu9GPbF
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He adjusted his stance again, more confident this time. Weight back. Core engaged. Blade raised.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrZG9cEE3t
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A downward cut. Precise. Controlled.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hvc5ag1cW
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His front foot stepped forward—30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoF9XulNnH
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—and sank.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDslxsjHd9o
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The ash gave way beneath his heel. His weight pitched forward, balance destroyed before the cut even began.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AREfv9ds9
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Cel tried to compensate mid-swing.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcfkLlYoKp
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His arm jerked back. The blade pitched upward, tip veering wide. His back leg locked, and he nearly went down on one knee before catching himself.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbWuoYtZfE
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Clumsy. Terrible.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrE4xRvgbe
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He straightened slowly, jaw clenched, and looked down at Silent Moon.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NsLq2kE7P
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The two crescents beside the half-moons had gone dark again.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvF98QRjhu
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But not just them.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIe3vZ66fH
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Two more phases had dimmed as well - the quarters, one on each side. Their light snuffed out like candles in sudden wind.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVoA2j7wob
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Only two remained lit now. The outer crescents, glowing faintly at the edges of the blade.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlSLU6GIkf
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Cel stared at the darkened symbols.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoZMSaBnA6
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He understood now.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxivXW4np7
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This wasn't a tool he could master through repetition or brute force. Silent Moon demanded more than technique. It demanded something he'd spent years trying to bury beneath rage and survival instinct.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB84XEOPYi
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Presence.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58MECDrjrm
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Awareness of himself - not just his body's movements, but his mind's state. Every flicker of doubt. Every surge of confidence. Every moment of clarity or chaos.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKlLxKfLWw
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The blade would reflect all of it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABq0rsrUCN
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Yet he didn't understand what those reflections actually did. What power they unlocked or withheld. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk4EVui82N
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He would have to learn that.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HwYoEj3vh
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But now. Not today.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxojwLC0uRL
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Expecting to master a divine weapon in the span of minutes was absurd.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR4hZqBon9
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His fingers loosened slightly on the hilt, tension draining from his shoulders.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO09BNpODn8
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Understanding would come.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX10UEze0Rp
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Eventually.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNhymUEd3t
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First, he needed to understand his other gifts.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43q2EIrEpj
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Cel dismissed Silent Moon with a thought.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNw6ZqUMel
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The blade dissolved into moonlight, threads of pale radiance unraveling until nothing remained but empty air. The connection didn't sever - he could still feel the weapon's presence within him, waiting just beneath the surface of reality.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4818hr1mr
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Ready when he needed it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfA17auH5z
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His attention turned inward, reaching for the authority of White Death.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSIaqcpA5G
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