A little girl followed Ravian. Pale. Silent. Eyes black.
> "Who are you?" he asked.
She smiled. "Your future daughter. If you survive."
She held his hand and showed him a world that could be — peace, sunlight, Lunaria laughing.
> "But if you fail," she said, "I disappear."
She handed him a shard of her soul.
> "Use this only if you're ready to destroy yourself… to save her."
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