Omni won’t let me leave their infirmary. I can finally walk without pain, which means my gift has done its work. I ought to be healed, but I suspect they’ve locked me in here to prevent me from hunting him down.



“In this prison, you will live and die in ignorance.” Those were his last words to me, just before his daggers burned through my flesh. He’d been trying to run off with the briefcase and we fought. While I managed to secure the case, I lost something greater.

Only a moment later, he was standing over Tol-ren’s dismantled frame, clutching what looked to be Tol-ren’s energy core. I froze. It was a betrayal beyond forgiveness. If the rens ever found him, even I couldn’t shield him from the fallout.

He vanished before I could stop him. I knew it was hopeless to chase him, even if he hadn’t slashed my hip. With his gift, he was already long lost in the blitz of flying hovercrafts and billboards.

I don’t know what to do now. He claimed to see something more than what I could comprehend. Clearly, he did not want me to follow him, but with all his experience, he knows a fatal cut. That I’m still breathing must mean there’s hope.

The briefcase is still here at Omni… I may not be able to find him out in the city, but if I keep this case close at hand, I may not need to.

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