We Have Been Fooled Twice
Author: Paul_okito
last update2025-05-21 23:01:02

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Giant displays lined the curved wall, each screen reflecting the final moments of Andrew Everest’s broadcast—his voice crackling through a hundred data streams.

Muerte leaned forward from the high-back command seat, fingers interlaced in front of his steel-plated jaw. On the screen, Andrew’s final words repeated one last time:

“They built walls around the sky. We just remembered how to fly.”

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Miriam turned first, “That’s not possible,” she muttered. “That face. That voice—he wasn’t supposed to survive.”

Vincent’s voice was level but laced with edge. “Start the trace.”

A swarm of servitor drones hissed as they came alive, tapping into residual satellite packets, pulse echo trails, and low-frequency Ashcore feedback.

In less than twenty seconds, a match pinged—red, bold, and undeniable.

Miriam’s visor read aloud: “Echo signature confirmed. Asset designation: ‘Desmond' Similar match with operative classed as rogue."

Vincent stared. Muerte leaned back slowly, exhaling thro
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