Elias's Value
The tension within the outpost remained high following Kovar’s public challenge. Elias felt the increased scrutiny, the simmering resentment from Kovar’s faction like a physical weight. He retreated further into his research and observation, trying to make himself invisible, acutely aware that his presence was a direct source of conflict for Seraphina. He felt useless, a burden, the ‘human liability’ Kovar had accused him of being. The opportunity to prove otherwise came unexpectedly, disguised as a mundane technical failure. Lyra reported to Seraphina that the outpost’s external surveillance system – a network of magically shielded cameras and sophisticated sensors monitoring key approaches – was experiencing intermittent, localized failures along the northern perimeter. It wasn’t a comp
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