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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 18:
The Steward of Balance
The Central Clock Tower kept chiming, totally
unaware of the near-disaster that had almost destroyed
the world.
Twenty years had passed since the Great
Recalibration. The ruins were gone, replaced by a new
city built from salvaged materials and a profound,
collective humility. The world had restarted, not with a
roar of greed, but with the quiet, measured effort of a
species given a second chance, perpetually operating
under the TTS.
Henry, now seventy-five, sat on the same broken
park bench where he had debated the ultimate lie with
Lina and Vincent. The original bench was long gone, of
course, replaced by sturdy, recycled polymer, but the
location was the same: high ground, overlooking the
rebuilt city.
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