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chap 34 - The Empty Cup
Author: amine
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The catacombs beneath the imperial capital of Veridia were a labyrinth of forgotten bones and stagnant water.

In a sealed, lightless tomb entirely cut off from the city above, Dver sat cross-legged on a stone sarcophagus. He looked at Ren. The Symbiotic tether connecting their souls hummed with a low, anxious vibration.

"The Hound of Genesis tracks the absence of light," Dver explained, his voice barely a whisper in the dark. "My Singularity is a black hole in the Canvas. If I leave it active,
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