Not shattered.
Not broken.
Accepted.
She didn't lose control. She didn't rage.
She simply… opened the door.
And Ling Kushi smiled inside her soul.
"You remember now, don't you?"
"You built me. You bound me. You bled to keep me quiet."
"And now, you're listening."
At first, it was harmless.
Her eyes turned silver longer.
Her breath echoed in silent places.
The sky watched her.
Then she started speaking words she didn't remember learning.
Ancient. Cold.
God-killing syllables.
"She's channeling something," Korrin warned.
"Not possessed. Not corrupted. But… overlapped."
"Like she's two people," Elyse said softly.
"She's still ours," Naia snapped.
"She's still mine," Thessaly said.
"Even if she becomes everything they fear."