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A flare of anger lit behind Mira’s ribs. “We never fight alone,” she shot back. But the edge of the words softened, and she did not pull her hand away. Bonds existed in ironies: the thing that made you whole could also make you owned. They both wore that contradiction like a second skin.

“We intend to follow it,” Jalen replied. “We intend to find its source.” true bond ch1 part 5 cloudlet hot

“Then we do it together,” Jalen said. “We trace the surge to its source. We find the origin node and close it.” A flare of anger lit behind Mira’s ribs

“You can’t save everyone,” Jalen said once, when a surge hit and she staggered from the force of it. Bonds existed in ironies: the thing that made

Mira tilted her head. “And if the origin node is…inside?”

“I don’t want to save everyone,” Mira said, voice thin. “I want to make sure the ones who choose to be bound remain free to choose.”

Mira looked at Jalen. “We keep going,” she said.