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Chapter 207 - Chapter 207: Connor 

The silence stretched until the city lights dimmed beneath the rain. Somewhere in the distance, thunder rolled, distant and half-hearted, like it had learned not to interrupt what gods had started.

Connor turned back toward his desk, the gesture calm, almost mechanical. The glow of the screen washed over his face, a pale reflection against glass and stormlight. "You should go," he said quietly. "Before you ruin something else."

Uno's head lifted slightly. "Connor…"

But Connor didn't look at him. "Don't," he said, the single word sharp enough to cut through divinity itself. "I've had enough of explanations that sound like scripture."

The words shouldn't have hurt him. He was the Creator for fuck's sake. But they did. They hit in the hollow behind his ribs, where pride used to sit comfortably, where certainty always lived. And now… nothing. Just the echo of disbelief that someone so small, so mortal, could turn away from him without fear.

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