Amidst the Pyrrhic Victory

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3:00 pm Thordottir-Sinclair Residence, Lycastus City. Tick tock. A wall clock mocks the silence in the room walled with pure white blocks. Odors of disinfectants and metals, reminiscent of human hospitals waft in the room. The silence is broken as Cato continues to speak. "When I came to, they were gone. I reviewed my cams, it showed them going through a portal. I checked with the royal security agency too but they aren't anywhere on the island. I'm sorry, Eira. I couldn't stop them." he says remorsefully as he makes Eira a cup of freshly brewed green tea. The lightning goddess, now awake, sat on the bed while hugging her knees. She closes her eyes, trying to process today's events. "No.", she says as she stretches her arms and grabs the teacup on the table by her bedside, "It wasn't y

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