> [System Access Granted: Echo Archive – Level BLACK]

[Viewer Status: GLITCHWALKER – UNRESTRICTED]

[WARNING: This archive has been classified as NON-HUMAN COMPATIBLE]

The bunker’s server heart was quiet now, its pulsing light dimmed to a soft amber. What remained of the Glitchborn were treating the wounded and salvaging what they could. Kael sat alone in the Archive chamber, staring into a console that wasn’t really a console. It was a mindport.

Zari stood behind him. “You sure ...