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"THIS ACHING PAIN— WILL IT EVER END?"
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She had known which option to select the moment the system's robotic voice echoed in her head. She had chosen action and drama, she had tailored the perfect tragic backstory.
She chose this.
And yet— the dark qi coursing through her veins does not feel hers, her authority feels foreign.
She misses a home she can never go back to.
A phoenix never to be reborn.