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"No," Kaelen corrected, leaning back as the consoles flickered to life. "We took it."

Elias looked at the swirling violets and deep magentas of the nebula. For three years, they had studied the anomaly, waiting for the precise moment when the gravitational tides would part. That moment was now. But the ship’s core was only at 60% capacity. my_naxodimsya_pered_oknom_vozmoznostei_oni_pere...

The digital clock on the wall of the "Aetheris" station didn't tick; it hummed, a low-frequency vibration that Elias felt in his marrow. Outside the reinforced glass, the Great Nebula was folding in on itself—a celestial curtain closing on the only jump-gate that could lead them home. "No," Kaelen corrected, leaning back as the consoles

Kaelen finally turned. Her eyes reflected the dying light of the nebula. "Opportunities aren't gifts, Elias. They’re dares. This window is passing, and it's taking our future with it." That moment was now