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Grom insisted that it was obviously a trap, but this was the first time I'd received any word from the Crows since my revival. They'd been watching me from the shadows all along, and regardless of whether what awaited me was a trap, this was a signal that they could no longer hold back. | Grom insisted that it was obviously a trap, but this was the first time I'd received any word from the Crows since my revival. They'd been watching me from the shadows all along, and regardless of whether what awaited me was a trap, this was a signal that they could no longer hold back. | ||
The coordinates led me to a research institute deep in the wastelands–though in all honesty, I'm not sure if it could be described as such. It was large and empty, with the shapes of terminals | The coordinates led me to a research institute deep in the wastelands–though in all honesty, I'm not sure if it could be described as such. It was large and empty, with the shapes of terminals outlines in the dust caking the walls. They should have been perfectly aligned and filling the room, but it seems someone moved them out a while ago. | ||
There were no enemies, nor was there any gunfire. The dangerous trap I'd been expecting never showed itself. All that awaited me was a ruin covered in pieces of what looked at a glance to be plastic. | There were no enemies, nor was there any gunfire. The dangerous trap I'd been expecting never showed itself. All that awaited me was a ruin covered in pieces of what looked at a glance to be plastic. | ||
Grom's startled cry shattered the dead silence. She began wildly circling around the "plastic | Grom's startled cry shattered the dead silence. She began wildly circling around the "plastic" in a frenzied manner I'd rarely seen and struggling to form words, let alone sentences, in her state of shock. | ||
"Helhest," she said. "Th-these... These are...pieces of Ghosts..." | "Helhest," she said. "Th-these... These are...pieces of Ghosts..." | ||
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Grom scanned them. All of them bore traces of abuse. Grom and I exchanged a look as alarm bells started ringing in our minds. | Grom scanned them. All of them bore traces of abuse. Grom and I exchanged a look as alarm bells started ringing in our minds. | ||
When we found cryogenic freezing equipment further inside the room, I had no choice but to voice my conjecture: the Crows were capturing and torturing Ghosts into submission, attempting to " | When we found cryogenic freezing equipment further inside the room, I had no choice but to voice my conjecture: the Crows were capturing and torturing Ghosts into submission, attempting to "Create" a Lightbearer of their own. | ||
It was as though I'd grabbed a thread of spider's silk throw down a well. But it also felt as though I'd trespassed into an even larger cloud of fog. | It was as though I'd grabbed a thread of spider's silk throw [sic] down a well. But it also felt as though I'd trespassed into an even larger cloud of fog. | ||
Someone clearly gave this evidence in a show of good will, but what were their intentions? | Someone clearly gave this evidence in a show of good will, but what were their intentions? | ||
Now, nobody would know of Kavich's existence beyond the Crows and myself, and the sender knowing the time of his death so exactly that they could send a message in his name made me more suspicious. But if that message truly came from the | Now, nobody would know of Kavich's existence beyond the Crows and myself, and the sender knowing the time of his death so exactly that they could send a message in his name made me more suspicious. But if that message truly came from the crows, then the organization's inner workings may be far more complicated than I'd imagined. | ||
I stood up among the shards. I took another look around the empty yet disorderly room, then asked Grom, "Do you think they did it?" | I stood up among the shards. I took another look around the empty yet disorderly room, then asked Grom, "Do you think they did it?" | ||
