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Flickering
Author: ajengfelix
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The final tremor of the dying energy shield dissolved into nothingness, replaced by an absolute and crushing silence. The air here felt different; thinner, more ancient, carrying the weight of countless centuries in every particle. Before them, the abyssal darkness stretched out like endless black velvet, empty and starless.

Kraken, whose body was now entirely separated from his ship's wreck, drifted with unnatural grace beside Jean. His sturdy shell seemed dwarfed amidst this void.

"The pressure here is strange," Kraken said, his voice no longer an echo within a hull, but a direct resonance inside Jean's mind. "It’s as if the water itself is holding its breath."

Jean didn’t reply. His eyes were fixed on a point in the distance, a dark stain denser than the surrounding gloom. His feeling was a mix of dreadful awe and profound nausea, as if he had just returned home to a house he had completely burned down.

"There’s something ahead." Kraken followed his gaze. "Big. Very big."

Slowly, t
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