Echoes Cosmos · 🎉850th

Ch1581: The First Fear of the Void

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The Empath, listening to the deep hum of the cosmos, heard a story from before the beginning — the true absolute emptiness before the Minister’s first thought. A silence that did not resonate but consumed. For the first time, the Empath felt fear: cold gripping terror of non-existence, everything a fragile dream on the edge of an uncaring abyss.

Too vast to share — the bridge between beings found themselves utterly, terrifyingly alone. The tapestry frayed; the cold silent dark seeped in. The age of stories had found its first monster.