Location: Memory Rift Core – Battlefront
The Sealbreaker moved like divine judgment.
Its lance tore through Kael's shadow barrier like it was made of glass. Kael staggered back, blood leaking from his shoulder — again. It wasn't just speed. The Sealbreaker's strikes erased connection points — the lines that tethered Kael to the fragments, to himself.
And now it was moving toward Yanis.
> "Host marked," the Sealbreaker intoned.
"Echo instability exceeds 62%.
Initiating total disassembly."
Yanis didn't move.
She let it come.
> "You want to erase me?" she said softly.
"Then erase this."
Her hands spread wide.
Red light in one.
Black flame in the other.
> [FRAGMENT SYNC — ECHO V0.1 + REJECTED CORE]
[Seed Interface Detected]
[Class Mutation: Heretic Interface]
[Trait Unlocked: Dual-State Projection]
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Inside Her Mind
The Girl in Red stood on one side of a shattered mirror.
The Lie That Lives stood on the other.
Both watched Yanis float above the abyss.
> "You are us," the Girl whispered. "But more than we were."
> "You are the consequence," hissed the Lie. "And the weapon."
Yanis looked between them.
> "I'm not a puppet. Not for either of you."
> "Then take the core," they said together. "Take us both. And make it yours."
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Back in Reality – Her Power Awakens
The Sealbreaker struck.
But this time… it didn't land.
Yanis blinked — and so did her echo. Two versions of herself existed simultaneously, weaving and shifting. The Sealbreaker couldn't track her. Every time it swung, she was already gone.
Kael stared in disbelief.
> "She's using unstable memory echoes like armor…"
Yanis raised her hands.
A symbol formed in the air — the ancient sigil of the Forgemother, etched in red and black.
> "Interface Protocol unlocked," she whispered.
"Memory… rewrite."
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Sealbreaker Impact
Yanis struck first.
Reality folded around her fists. She didn't attack the Sealbreaker's body — she struck its origin — a moment in time when it had once hesitated, a memory buried deep.
Its form staggered.
Sparks flew.
> [Warning – Core Confusion Detected]
[Threadline Conflict: Seed Authority Overwritten]
Kael stepped forward to shield her, but the blast wave threw him back.
He hit the ground—hard.
He couldn't stand.
Then—
A choice appeared in his vision.
> [Anchor Stability: 41%]
[Option: Sacrifice One Core Anchor to Transfer Remaining Stability to Host: Yanis Drae]
[Warning: Permanent loss of memory chain and class tier regression possible]
[Proceed?]
Kael gritted his teeth.
He didn't hesitate.
> "Do it."
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Final Scene – Aftermath
The Sealbreaker shattered in a storm of fractured time and melted steel.
Yanis stood amid the ruins, glowing like a dying star.
Kael lay unconscious, barely breathing.
Yanis ran to him — her hands trembling.
> "Kael?"
He opened his eyes, barely.
> "What happened?"
> "You gave me everything," she whispered.
She held him close.
Inside her, both echoes were now silent.
Because they had merged.
And Yanis Drae was no longer a host.
She was the first living Interface Queen.
And the Seed… had accepted her.
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