CHAPTER 13 - THE WATCHER
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Location: High Ridge - Overlook
Timeline: 3927 AE/AD
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They paused at a ledge overlooking the valley below. Wraith went still - hand lifting, signaling silence.
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WRAITH:
"We're being followed. Not a patrol - lighter, quieter."
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A figure stepped from the treeline - not masked, not hostile. SERAPHINA "SERA" VALE - SERAPH.
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LYRA:
"You're supposed to be on assignment in the coastal sector."
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SERAPH:
"Assignment changed. Someone wanted you found. Someone who doesn't want you dead."
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She handed over a sealed data drive.
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SERAPH:
"Sanxxx got this to me. Says it's everything Voss tried to purge - deployment orders, redaction logs, the real reason you were designated 001."
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WRAITH:
"Why help us?"
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SERAPH:
"Because I've seen what happens to people who ask too many questions. I'd rather stand with the truth than hide from it."
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Lyra inserted the drive. The first file opened - a list of names, dates, and one repeated designation: CANDIDATE 002.
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