Timeless Assassin, Volume.3
(A World Untouched By Time)
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Me and my colleagues once had the opportunity to study a Tainted creature who had accidentally made its way out of a Still World.
What struck us wasn't its strength, nor the degradation of its form— but the clarity of its madness. It spoke of memories that never existed, wars that never happened, and gods that had already died.
To the Tainted, truth is a moldable thing— bent by delusion, reshaped by agony, and sharpened into faith.
They do not scream because they are in pain.
They scream because they want you to believe it's beautiful.
— Professor Alin Drex, Chrono-Biological Anomalies and Mana Degradation, Volume 112.
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(Black Serpents Guild Headquarters, Twin-Fang Planet)
*Clack*
*Clack*
Antonio's boots clicked rhythmically against the marble-black tiles of his office floor, the sound echoing faintly off the walls before fading into silence.
