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Chapter 62: Awakening
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2026-06-10 09:41:24Bima did not wake up on the kitchen table.
He woke up in a silence so absolute that his ears ached.
The world, once filled with the drone of machines, now left behind a dim, glowing expanse of white as far as the eye could see.
"Bima?" Lia's voice hung in the air, not coming from the side, but whispering directly into the center of his consciousness.
Bima rose, his body feeling weightless, like a grain of dust
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