The Tower changed the moment the Heart awakened.
The light that had been soft pulses now rose in great waves, rolling through the chamber walls like tides. The floor became transparent, revealing a dizzying depth beneath us—veins of light stretching into infinity, memory streams flowing like rivers.
And overhead, the spire glowed brighter than the sun.
Kira stood beside me, her eyes reflecting the shifting luminescence. “Something’s happening.”
“No,” I said. “Something is starting.”
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The air vibrated, not with sound, but with thought. A pressure behind my eyes—soft, like someone whispering just out of reach.
Kira grabbed my arm. “You feel that?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s scanning us.”
“Not scanning,” I murmured. “Comparing.”
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We walked out of the Heart Chamber into a corridor t
