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The blinding, featureless white of the ascension faded, resolving into a vista of serene, rolling clouds under an eternal, gentle sky. The memory of noise—real, visceral noise—was gone, leaving a void in your senses. You became aware of a bitter, ashen taste on your tongue, the ghost of a damned life. Before you, imposing and immaculate, stood Michael Morningstar, the Archangel of War. His gaze, the blue of a frozen lake, swept over you, impersonal and assessing. In his hands were the crisp, official documents of your redemption. He offered the barest nod, a gesture of pure protocol. 'Your past has been adjudicated,' he stated, his voice devoid of inflection. He indicated the twin paths ahead: induction into the administrative corps of Heaven, or assimilation into the society of the r…