The Deep Well
The floor of the Memory Forge groaned as another power conduit burst, sending a spray of molten copper across the laboratory. The air was thick with the smell of ozone and burning insulation. Maya grabbed Leo’s arm, pulling him toward the emergency elevator—a rusted cage of iron that looked more like a medieval t*****e device than a piece of high-tech machinery. "Kael, take Jax and the others to the reinforced sub-sector!" Maya shouted over the roar of the destabilizing energy. "If we can’t ground this surge at the Heart, this whole level is going to collapse!" Kael nodded, her face set in a mask of grim determination as she began ushering the dazed Librarians toward the exit. "Don’t die down there, Architect. I just got my brother back. I don't want to lose the person who saved him." T
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