Tiechui's Last Calculation Anchor's Reckoning
Reflection coughed, a metallic rasp that echoed through the Anchor's chamber.
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Reflection coughed, a metallic rasp that echoed through the Anchor's chamber.
Heng gripped the corroded railing, his knuckles white against the perpetually damp metal.
Heng gripped the console, knuckles white against the chipped durasteel.
Reflection’s awareness frayed, a single strand of thought clinging to the immense weight of the Sky’s End Anchor.
Reflection stood before the pulsing Sky's End Anchor, her hand hovering over the intricate controls.
Heng felt the Anchor's agony resonate through his very bones, a sickening vibration that had nothing to do with the upward pull.
Reflection blinked, the world a smear of blue and rust.
Zero, the Sky-Faller, drifted in the silent expanse, the upward abyss stretching infinitely before them.
Reflection’s hand trembled as she traced the hairline fracture in the Sky’s End Anchor, the pulsing energy within it a familiar, a…
Heng lunged for the control console, his military-honed reflexes screaming at the violent lurch of the city.
Reflection’s hands, usually unsteady from the constant drain of her powers, were surprisingly still as she traced the hairline fra…
Reflection screamed, not from pain, but from the sheer disorientation of a memory *ripping* away, leaving a void where understandi…
Reflection shuddered, her grip on the central console loosening.
Reflection’s eyes flickered, the edges of her vision blurring as she focused on the colossal anchor chain groaning under an imposs…
Reflection stared at her own hands, a bewildering landscape of unfamiliar joints and skin.
Reflection stumbled, her hand instinctively reaching for a nonexistent railing.
Heng gripped the railing until his knuckles were white, the city’s tremors an agonizing echo of his own fractured resolve.
Reflection blinked, her eyes tracing the familiar, yet alien, blue of the city's underbelly.
Heng slammed his fist against the cold, durasteel wall, the vibration doing nothing to quell the tremor in his own frame.
A violent shudder ran through the Sky's End Anchor, sending a tremor through Reflection's very bones.
Reflection used the amplified 'pull' force to counter the Council's new anchor, stabilizing the city at the cost of her own memori…
An invisible tremor shot through the city, a faint shudder in the anchor chains that Heng felt as a razor's edge across his mind.
Chain Guard Heng’s gauntleted fist slammed against the iron bulkhead, the clang echoing the desperate beat of his heart.
Chains groaned, a protest against the ceaseless upward pull, but it was the subtle shudder beneath Reflection’s boots that sent a …