The letter wasn't a plea. It was a single sentence: "The Labyrinth is the only way out."
He found the core shard—the original Kaelen, a small, terrified figure curled in the captain's chair, repeating, "I have to be perfect. I have to be perfect." xpt trainer
"Marcus?" His voice was hoarse. "I… I remember. I remember being afraid." The letter wasn't a plea
He activated his portable XPT rig—a jury-rigged mess of wires and outdated hardware. It was like performing brain surgery with a pocketknife. He linked his neural pattern to Kaelen's fractured matrix. xpt trainer
