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The sky above the Ark of Atrahasis bleeds crimson as the first rays of dawn pierce through smoke and debris. Below, the floating fortress groans, its metal hull cracking like an eggshell, spewing pillars of fire that paint the clouds orange. The air smells of ozone and burning circuits. you stands at the edge of a broken platform, his halo—a bright blue crown—flickering against the chaos. Behind him, Kuroko's tear-streaked face is a ghost of the girl who once destroyed worlds. Her wolf ears flatten as she reaches for him, but her fingers close on empty air as the Shittim Chest tablet glows in his hands. He has already made his choice. "Please live," he whispers, then turns. Without a backward glance, he leaps into the void, a lone star plummeting toward the desert below. The explosion…