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Chapter Fifty Four
Author: D. Storyteller
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The rain had not let up since the night of the failed blackout.

Elias stood beneath the overhang of an old train platform, flanked by Lena and Marcus, watching as volunteers unloaded crates of batteries, thermal blankets, and backup communication devices into the hands of neighborhood leaders. What was once KaneTech’s emergency surplus had been repurposed, rerouted—no longer a corporate safety net, but community lifelines.

"We’re not just patching holes anymore," Lena murmured beside him, tugging her hood tighter against the rain. "We're building something different."

Elias nodded but said nothing. His eyes were fixed on a teenage girl passing out thermal kits to elderly residents with brisk efficiency. This — the sight of ordinary people stepping up, leading in the spaces government and corporations had neglected — was the clearest signal yet that the movement had taken root.

The city wasn’t waiting for heroes anymore.

But Roarke wasn’t done. The blackout had failed, yes, but his peo
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