CHAPTER 2: THE SHADOW IN THE SKY.
The world erupted. A sound like tearing metal, magnified a thousand times, ripped across the market, followed instantly by a wave of screams. Lira and Tuan stumbled back out of the alley; their fragile peace shattered.
Another drone descended, its black silhouette a scar against the smoky dawn. Circuits pulsed along its hull in a sickening, spiderweb rhythm. It hung in the air for a single, silent moment, an insect of death, before unleashing a concussive, invisible pulse.
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