“We will show you,” I said. “But not just our memories. Not just our experiences. We show you the pack. The real pack. The living, breathing, existing pack. You see them directly. You feel them directly. You understand them directly. No filters. No interpretations. No manipulations. Just truth. Just reality. Just existence as it truly is.” “How? I cannot leave this realm. Cannot enter reality without becoming reality. Cannot experience without contaminating my nothing.” The First Dark pulled back. Afraid again. Uncertain. “You ask the impossible.” “No. We ask you to do what you already did. You sent Hope. You created a fragment. You let a piece of yourself exist.” Kade stepped forward. “Send another piece. A bigger piece. A stronger piece. A piece that can exist in reality long enough to

