By IMERPUS RELUR
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The library began to hum.
Pages of entire worlds fluttered.
Letters danced without form.
The fabric of story was loosening—like the universe exhaling.
Kai felt his fingers pulse.
> "What is this?"
> [SYSTEM: SELF-DISSOLUTION MODE DETECTED]
Status: Author-Class Entity Nearing Integration Threshold
> "You're starting to become the story itself," whispered the voice of the First Teacher.
"Not just the hand. Not just the pen.
The ink. The space. The pause between."
Kai stood in stillness.
No fear.
> "If I fade, what remains?"
> "Not fading," the voice answered.
"Returning."
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The world shimmered—
and Kai took one breath.
It filled the entire library.
And everything went quiet.