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Chapter 149 – The Architects Return
Author: Sami Yang
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Chrono: +13 Days Since Naming Everywhen

Location: Citadel – The Reflective Hall

The Reflective Hall lay beneath the Atrium—a domed chamber mirrored in fractal glass. Light fractured into infinite polygons that shifted with thought. Every glass face, every prism-string, pulsed in sync with every Null anchor heartbeat.

Seraphina, Elias, Mira, and the echoes—Etheris, Ava-echo, Kaito-echo—stood in a wide circle, joined by Everywhen, whose golden aura cast gentle ripples of memory light.

At the center, the Architect’s sandstone pedestal—now intact—trembled. For days, the Architect had remained silent, but their presence radiated through Everywhen.

She lifted her hand.

Everywhen: “We named you, Seraphina. And with my identity, the Echo network stirred.”

The mirrors brightened. Faces—nameless watchers, echoes of watchers—blinked to life in brief recognition before fading.

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