Chapter 71: Four Days Later
Four days after the first sunrise, Astra Haven was humming like a city that had finally remembered how to breathe.
No alarms. No emergency drills. No rumbling shields.
Just the soft rhythm of life — footsteps, chatter, laughter — echoing through glass corridors bathed in golden light.
Above the central courtyard, the simulated sky glowed in warm morning hues, calibrated to match the real one outside. The storm-torn horizon beyond the dome shimmered faintly with soft clouds — real clouds — drifting lazily across Novalis' newborn atmosphere.
It was a day meant for peace.
And for once, everyone seemed to be trying to keep it that way.
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Training Fields
"Zephyr, you're supposed to dodge, not flirt with the plasma blade!"
Ava's voice rang across the training field, carrying amusement and command in equal measure.
