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Chapter 16 - The Ashen Librarian

The Librarian's smile could not be seen, but it could be felt.

"Because you, Reauthor, have not yet burned."

He raised a hand—and the shelves parted. A stairway revealed itself, descending into an impossible depth. The darkness was not black, but pale—a place where light had once existed, but had since been edited out.

"Go," the Librarian said. "Find the Ash Chapter."

"But beware… once read, it cannot be forgotten.Not even by the Author."

As Kieran stepped onto the first stair, the Codex pulsed against his palm.

It opened to a blank page.

And slowly, a line began to form in flickering, uncertain glyphs:

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