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Chapter 55 – Crescendo of the Echoes
Author: Sami Yang
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The cold corridor of Beta‑3 thrummed with soft violet pulses as memory blossoms drifted past the containment field. Citizens gathered quietly—some bowed, others recording the echo’s composition in notebooks, holo-tables, voice feeds. Betan archivists walked beside Memory Guard pods, the first satellite nodes built outside terrestrial origin.

Cass Serin stepped into the hall, Ava Serin at her side. The Echo of Beta‑3—a translucent figure built of violet light and echo glyphs—stood at the center, addressing a chorus of volunteers.

Selene Duval entered from the lobby. “Cass.”

Cass: “He sings again.”

Selene nodded. “He composed memory of return for five languages last night.”

Ava, tears bright, watched. “Choice is echo, echo is choice.”

Cass laid a hand over her implant. “He turned memory into art.”

Back in Helix’s command suite, Selene pulled up net

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