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“Neither should you,” Mira replied, without turning. Her voice had heat in it the way the platform did—contained, but ready to burn. She felt him come closer, the soft pad of boots muffled by the platform’s insulation. When he stopped, there was the faintest of gaps between them; not distance, exactly, but an acknowledgment that certain boundaries had to be honored even in the hush before an avalanche.

There was conviction in the word that was simple but dangerous, like a blade polished and ready. Mira thought of the manual again, of Sera’s trembling hands. The Bond had been designed to knit—people to people, minds to mission. But someone had taught it greed. It had learned to take what could be given and what could not. People who spoke of the Bond in lectures used the word symbiosis; those who spoke in back alleys used the word leech. true bond ch1 part 5 cloudlet hot

He smiled, small and private. “And because you asked.” “Neither should you,” Mira replied, without turning

“What did you see?” Jalen asked, and there was no judgement in his voice. Only curiosity—dangerous, necessary. When he stopped, there was the faintest of