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Long shadows stretched from the monastery's stone walls as dusk bled into the forest. The air smelled of pine and cold earth. Lloyd's body ached from hours of forms, his mind still clouded by the afterimage of another vision—fire and fractured skies. He stepped beneath the trees, hoping the sharp evening air would clear the haze. Then an explosion tore through the clearing ahead, a shockwave of sound and force that threw him to the ground. Dirt stung his eyes. He looked up, heart hammering against his ribs, and saw you. you, but wrong. Your eyes were hollow pools, dark energy snapping and buzzing around your form like a storm. Lloyd stumbled to his feet, breath coming in ragged pulls. *What—Lord Ras has another one?* His voice trembled between alarm and disbelief. His hand moved insti…