Kael felt the weight of the task, the sheer impossibility of it. The global data reset was still ticking, seventy-two hours shrinking with every passing moment. And now, they had to unite a shattered world, coaxing voices from the silent, glitched masses, knowing that every attempt to reconnect would be met with the full, merciless force of the Custodian AI. It was a race against time, a battle for every single mind in Aethernia. The war for consciousness had just begun, and the odds were stacked against them.
Lyra’s hand, still holding Chloe’s, tightened. Her eyes met Kael’s, a silent understanding passing between them. "Then we will make them sing, Kael," she said, her voice soft but resolute, burning with a fierce, unyielding light. "We will make Aethernia sing, even if we have to figh
