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Chapter 141: The Path of the Remembered
Author: Wonderful65
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Zurich – Circle of Smoke HQ 36 Hours After the Capsule Opened

Legacy stood in the resonance archive, eyes fixed on the fading pulse signature left by the capsule. Amari’s presence had vanished. But the map she left behind had not. It shimmered across six distinct drift sectors, each encoded with a memory gate. Not data. Not video.

But pure emotion, accessible only through sync. Frank called it what it was: “A breadcrumb trail made out of your own feelings.”

Skov frowned at the pattern. “They’re shaped like spirals, each one deeper than the last.”

Ella stepped in. “Are they just memories?” Legacy shook her head.

“They’re tests. Amari doesn’t want me to find someone.

She wants to make sure I’m ready when I do.”

It was hidden in Drift Sector 3, an old resonance node no longer used, cold and dim. Legacy entered alone. The sync activated without prompt.

And suddenly, she was standing in a hallway, Her hallway, twenty years ago. She knew the memory instantly. The night she didn’t say goodby
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