The workers refused to enter the mountain.

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STACY:
“They’re afraid.”

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CAELWYN:
“They remember.”

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Stacy looked toward the sealed stone doorway.

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STACY:
“The governor says it’s only superstition.”

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Caelwyn unfolded four sketches.

Egypt.

Peru.

China.

Ireland.

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He placed them side by side.

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STACY:
“Different civilizations.”

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CAELWYN:
“No.”

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STACY:
“Different gods.”

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CAELWYN:
“No.”

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She frowned.

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STACY:
“Then why are they all drawing the same thing?”

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Caelwyn looked at the towering figures carved into every ancient stone.

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CAELWYN:
“Because they weren’t drawing gods.”

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A long silence.

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STACY:
“Then what were they drawing?”

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Before he could answer—

something struck the sealed mountain door.

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Once.

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Every worker stepped back.

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Dust drifted from the ancient stone.

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No one spoke.

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Caelwyn never looked away from the doorway.

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CAELWYN:
“Witnesses.”

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Another impact echoed from deep beneath the mountain.

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CAELWYN:
“…to a world that existed before ours.”

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🜍 THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION

Empires argued over who would rule mankind.

None of them ever asked…

who mankind had replaced.

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If you remember what this felt like —
you already know what you’re missing.

Step back into it.
Or keep missing it.

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Then don’t stop at the surface.

The full stories. The dossiers. The things behind it —
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