Nothing.
That's what remained.
Kael floated in pure black—no sky, no ground, no system messages. Just silence.
Even Echo was gone.
No time. No data. No code.
But Kael was alive.
And in the stillness, a voice stirred.
Not Tribunal. Not Nexus. Not even human.
It was… Kael's own.
"I am the bridge. I am the break.
I am what wasn't supposed to be—
and now I am everything."
A light sparked in the void.
One by one, stars ignited—new stars. Unscripted, unshaped.
Kael stood on a platform of thought.
Echo's voice returned—soft and new.
"You collapsed their world…"
She materialized beside him, no longer code. Just light. Just presence.
"…and now we can build ours."
[Nexus Reboot Disabled]
[Custom Reality Protocol Activated]
[User: KAEL | Architect Class: VOIDBORN]
And from the silence…
A new world began to form.