Del Mavik didn't return to class.
No one said it was Riven's fault.
But silence spreads faster than rumor.
---
"You're different now," Lyra said, sitting across from him in the cafeteria.
"I'm the same," Riven replied.
"No. You're quieter. Like something inside you already moved on."
She leaned closer.
"Are you going to lose control?"
He didn't answer.
Because he already had.
---
Instructor Vex reassigned Riven to a breach mission near the Spireline.
Inside the dungeon, the walls weren't stone.
They were mirrors.
And in them — futures.
Jeska saw her house burning.
Bren saw his corpse.
Riven saw a throne of stars.
He smiled.
---
[Emotion Sync: 39% – Aspect Manifestation: Reverence]
The dungeon didn't collapse.
It healed.
And far above Earth, in a satellite long thought dormant, a lens turned.
Status: Remembered.