Chapter 68 – The Escape Begins

Chapter 68: Chapter 68 – The Escape Begins

Elara knew she had woken up to another day in the same room. That was why she didn’t even bother to open her eyes. The same cold metal, the same rhythmic beeping sounds, the same artificial reflection of red and white lights... This unchanging order that had gone on for days was no longer just boring, it had started to feel humiliating. This mechanical system that measured when her body woke up, when it got tired, when it collapsed, treated her not like a human, but like an equation to be solved. Even with her eyes closed, she knew almost the entire room by heart. She could feel exactly at what intervals the light on the ceiling flickered, when the energy flowing through the walls intensified, at what frequency the sensors in front of the door operated, without needing to see them anymore. And the worst part was, she was getting used to it.

She was tired of fighting the World Government outside and the Moon Spirit inside. One side was trying to examine her and bring her under control, while the other was trying to make space for itself without tearing her apart. The thing left in between them was Elara’s own consciousness. She had lived with this tension for days. She had tried to distinguish what belonged to her and what belonged to it for days. But now, even that effort had started to consume her. She was tired. Not only physically, but tired of making decisions, resisting, constantly staying alert. And this exhaustion eventually turned into a clear thought inside her. It was time to get out of this room. Or more precisely, the reality that staying here was no longer an option had finally settled in her mind.

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