Chapter 8: Echoes of Reversion Part 2: Fractures of the Heart
--- One Day Later – Nexus War Room Tega stood in silence, watching the aftermath. The eastern gate lay in ruins. Survivors were pulling code-sickened bodies from the ashes. Jordan paced beside her, gripping his gloves tight. > “We should’ve seen it coming,” he said, voice cracking. “This world was too clean. Too fast. Nothing heals this quickly.” Tega didn't respond. Instead, she stared at a flickering image on the wall: Echo. Not the girl—her shattered system core. Reverters had weaponized her memory. Patch hovered close. > “They’re not just using old data. They’re binding their souls to it. They want to be haunted.” > “I know,” she muttered. “Because the pain is all they trust.” --- Operation: Pulse Reb
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