The Outsider's Gambit
The campfires burned low in the Outer Ring ruins. Brayn sat on a collapsed wall, his eyes scanning the darkness. The city was gone. The system was gone. The Ghost was gone. But the survivors were still here, huddled in the shadows, waiting for a sign. Danielle appeared beside him, her hand finding his. "You haven't slept in days." "I can't. Not while they're still out there." "Who?" Brayn shook his head slowly. "The Believers. The Founders. The ancient one. There's always someone. Always something." Danielle squeezed his hand. "We'll find them. We'll stop them. We always do." --- The stranger arrived at dawn. Brayn stood at the edge of the camp, his eyes fixed on the figure approaching through the ruins. They were young, barely out of their teens, their face pale and gaunt. They m
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