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Magic In the Foundation

Author: Winmo
last update publish date: 2026-06-23 00:19:53

~Lyra's POV~

Torvi worked through the night.

I checked on her twice. The first time, around two in the morning, she had her diagnostic tools spread across the operations room table in a configuration that made no immediate sense until I looked longer. Old-world instruments on the left side, carved bone pieces, a shallow bowl of scrying water, three vials of something I didn't ask about. Modern equipment on the right, a spectrometer she'd modified herself, its casing covered in small carved symb
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