POST-CREDITS SCENE
WHAT LIVES BENEATH THE VEIL
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Post-Credits Scene: The New Child
Year 1000 – Nine Hundred Eighty-Nine Years After the Curse – Six Hundred Eighty-Three Years After Liora's Death
A child was born.
She was born on a winter night, in a small village far from the ruins of the old castle.
She did not cry.
She did not struggle.
She simply opened her eyes and began to watch.
The midwife felt a chill.
The mother smiled.
The father celebrated.
But the child was different.
She was empty.
She was hungry.
She was dark.
And somewhere, in the depths of the universe, the watcher stirred.
It had been waiting for this moment.
For centuries.
A new darkness had been born.
Not the same as Liora.
Not the same as the First.
Something new.
Something terrible.
Something hungry.
"The cycle continues," the watcher whispered.
"It never ends.
It cannot end.
There will always be darkness.
There will always be hunger.
There will always be emptiness.
But there will also be hope.
There will also be redemption.
There will also be love.
And I will be there.
To watch.
To wait.
To hope.
Because they are worth it.
They are worth everything."
The child smiled.
The shadows smiled with her.
And a new story began.
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THE END
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THE COMPLETE AND FINAL END OF WHAT LIVES BENEATH THE VEIL