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Scene 1 — Before the Silence
There was a time
when monsters did not roar.
They waited.
Demons didn't invade.
Gods didn't rule.
They watched a single presence
standing at the center of the Omniversal Court.
A boy.
Not kneeling.
Not fighting.
Just standing.
Calm.
The air itself bent around him.
Watcher (whisper):
"He doesn't hate us."
Another Voice:
"That's worse."
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Scene 2 — Gods Fear Quiet Things
The sky above the court cracked.
Golden figures floated.
Dark shapes crawled between dimensions.
Eyes without bodies watched from nowhere.
High God:
"If he stays… balance will end."
Demon Sovereign:
"He doesn't even know fear."
The boy finally spoke.
Boy:
"I never asked to be born this way."
Silence followed.
Not denial.
Not mercy.
Decision.
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Scene 3 — The Seal
Symbols carved reality itself.
Not chains.
Not prisons.
Limits.
Layer after layer wrapped around the boy's existence.
Power didn't disappear.
It was folded.
Hidden.
Locked behind instinct and curse.
Watcher:
"What do we call him now?"
A pause.
High God:
"Anomaly."
The boy closed his eyes.
For the first time—
something inside him screamed.
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Scene 4 — Fall to the Mid-Realm
He fell.
Through worlds.
Through screams of monsters.
Through demon realms.
Past gods who refused to look at him.
Until—
Rain.
Cold.
Concrete.
Noise.
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Scene 5 — Varuna Sector, India
Night.
Ayin Thorn wakes up on a wet street.
Neon lights flicker.
People walk past.
No one notices him.
His chest feels heavy.
Empty.
Ayin (thinking):
"…I'm alive."
A faint voice moves inside him.
Curse (soft):
You were never meant to live small.
Ayin sits up slowly.
No aura.
No pressure.
Just a human body.
Shaking.
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Scene 6 — The Rule Is Given
A shadow forms behind him.
Not hostile.
Not kind.
Voice:
"You have one chance."
Ayin looks back.
Ayin:
"To do what?"
Voice:
"To choose."
The presence fades.
Only one sentence remains, burned into his mind:
> "If you awaken the wrong way,
this world will not survive you."
Ayin stands.
Rain washes his face.
Ayin (low):
"…Then I'll stay asleep."
The curse laughs quietly.
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END OF CHAPTER 1