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“Wait,” Vee said. Her voice had lost its bravado. “If you put it in… will the city rise?”

“Fine,” she whispered. “But if you’re wrong, I’ll throw you to the leeches myself. And I’ll keep the Heart.”

Kaelen walked forward. The chamber felt holy. Heavy. The hum from the sphere grew into a choir. Natra Phan 2

She snatched her hand back as if burned. Her face was pale.

“There won’t be an Upper Reaches if we all drown,” Kaelen shot back. He took a step forward, extending the Heart. It pulsed a gentle amber. “Feel it. Just touch it.” “Wait,” Vee said

“And the Heart?”

Vee hesitated. Then, against her better judgment, she extended her human hand. The moment her skin met the warm surface, her eyes went wide. She saw it too: the ancient schematic, the spiral staircase carved into the bedrock beneath the sludge, the great bronze wheel that needed turning. “But if you’re wrong, I’ll throw you to

Captain Vee laughed, a short, ugly sound. “The city has always listed. It’s part of the charm.”