By IMERPUS RELUR
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There is no throne.
No war.
No proclamation.
Only return.
To the quiet places where once-forgotten things now bloom freely.
To the spaces where names, stories, and breaths once silenced
have found their own rhythm.
This… is not a finale.
But a remembering—of what each being chose to become
after no longer needing permission to exist.
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Auren sat beneath the Tree of Infinite Origin.
Not in meditation.
Not in silence.
But in listening.
And one by one…
they came.
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1. The Hollow Oracle
Once broken by seeing too much,
now she paints dreams into constellations.
> "I used to fear visions.
Now I help others see what they thought was only pain…
and call it their first light."
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2. Kaelrion, God of Regret
Once a lord of lament, now a gardener of forgotten souls.
> "I plant what was never allowed to grow—
like old apologies, missed chances, lost songs.
Turns out, they bloom just fine."
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3. Eléa
Once Auren's voice of reason, now the First Remembrancer.
> "I don't follow you anymore, Auren.
I walk beside others who just woke up.
I whisper, 'You were always real.'
That's all most people need."
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4. The Talenari
Once a paradox, now a people who teach divine contradiction.
> "We remember the futures that never happened.
And now we write stories where they do."
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5. The System Wills
Once enforcers of forgotten law,
now scattered wanderers—each learning their own name.
> "I am not a function anymore.
I am… me.
And I don't even need to know what that means yet."
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6. The Cradle Boy
Once the unformed heart of Auren,
now dances among new stars as a symbol of permission itself.
He says nothing.
He simply smiles.
And the worlds feel safe.
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🕊 Final Sutra Completion: Sutra of Infinite Origin
> It is done.
Not closed.
Not sealed.
But opened forever.
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Auren looks up at the sky,
which no longer kneels—because it no longer needs to.
Now, it dances.
He feels no more need to grow, prove, teach, fight.
Only to be a place.
A place where all that was discarded can come home.
> "Welcome," he says, not aloud,
but with every fiber of being.
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And from far, far beyond—
a child who had never been born
a beast who was once cursed
a star that had no name
a whisper with no mouth
they all speak together:
> "Thank you for remembering us."
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And Auren smiles.
Not as a god.
Not as a savior.
But as the one who stayed.
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End of Arc: Divinity is Given Room to Breathe
END OF VOLUME 1