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Chapter 32: The True Author Returns
Author: Grep-pens
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Location: Flamekeeper Archive – Codex Chamber. Alarms howled. Lights dimmed. All around Sage, Mia, and Evelyn, the Archive’s deepest systems began to flicker in and out of existence, not crash, not fail, but rewrite themselves. “He’s not hacking the system,” Sage whispered.

“He’s rewriting the meta-narrative.”

Mia leaned in toward the screen, where the symbol flickered in eerie calm: A single, handwritten name. AUTHOR_000

Evelyn’s voice was grim. “I thought he was just a myth.”

Sage turned, breath shallow. “He’s not. He’s the one who wrote everything. Every version. Every choice. Every system. Even us.”

Ash knelt beneath the fractured crown's light, his pulse still syncing with forgotten timelines. The stars around him flickered, then froze. Every constellation ceased motion. Time paused.

And in the silence, a voice fell like thunder and scripture. “You wear my discarded crown. You dare build meaning from what I abandoned.”

Ash stood slowly, breath steady. “You threw us away. I rememb
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