The break didn't end the fight.
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It expanded it.
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Because once the domain cracked—
it revealed what lay beyond.
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More.
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Not one entity.
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Multiple.
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Watching.
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Waiting.
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Liora stepped forward.
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"We're not done."
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"No," Kael said.
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"We're just starting."
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The battlefield—
shifted.
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From node—
to territory.
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From encounter—
to war.
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Elara laughed.
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"Oh, now this is interesting."
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Because this—
wasn't survival anymore.
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It was—
conflict at scale.