Chapter 33: Easing the burden

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Easing the burden

The Vanguard shifted beneath them, its immense body turning inside the chasm with a low, reverent roar. Red ether flashed through the intake, violent and raw, then broke into blue along the outer ring before refining into white. The interference field rose again, this time curling around Noah with less precision than it had around Mezos, as if the machine had immediately recognized a more unruly patient.

Noah inhaled and his shoulders loosened at once.

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