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-Chapter Two – The One Sitting on the Rocks+ <font 26px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Chapter 2 – The One Sitting on the Rocks</font>
  
 They walked the last stretch of the breakwater in silence. They walked the last stretch of the breakwater in silence.
  
-Not because there was nothing to say.   +Not because there was nothing to say. Because there was too much.
-Because there was too much.+
  
 The wind came at them sideways, shoving at their shoulders, dragging spray up and over the concrete blocks. The luminous pulses in the waves had shifted—weakening near shore, brightening further out, like the anomaly was drawing breath from deeper water. The wind came at them sideways, shoving at their shoulders, dragging spray up and over the concrete blocks. The luminous pulses in the waves had shifted—weakening near shore, brightening further out, like the anomaly was drawing breath from deeper water.
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 Ace’s shoulders dropped in a way Mai had never seen. Not in battle, not in debriefs, not even in quiet nights when the worst of the world was on mute. Ace’s shoulders dropped in a way Mai had never seen. Not in battle, not in debriefs, not even in quiet nights when the worst of the world was on mute.
  
-Relief.   +Relief. Real, visceral relief.
-Real, visceral relief.+
  
 “Hey, Shammy,” Ace said. “Hey, Shammy,” Ace said.
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 Shammy looked at the offered hand. Her emissive eyes glowed a shade warmer. Shammy looked at the offered hand. Her emissive eyes glowed a shade warmer.
  
-She didn’t need it. Not physically.   +She didn’t need it. Not physically. She took it anyway.
-She took it anyway.+
  
 Her grip was cool and very sure. Her grip was cool and very sure.
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 For the first time since they’d arrived, Mai noticed something subtle. For the first time since they’d arrived, Mai noticed something subtle.
  
-The wind wasn’t quite as sharp.   +The wind wasn’t quite as sharp. The cold not quite as biting. The sea not quite as loud.
-The cold not quite as biting.   +
-The sea not quite as loud.+
  
 As they walked back toward the safehouse—shadow, mind-fire, and water-born—Mai had the distinct, unnerving feeling that the world itself was paying attention. As they walked back toward the safehouse—shadow, mind-fire, and water-born—Mai had the distinct, unnerving feeling that the world itself was paying attention.
  
-And, somewhere beneath the surface of the glowing waves,   +And, somewhere beneath the surface of the glowing waves, something smiled back. 
-something smiled back.+ 
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