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Outline

• Astria tears into the fabric of the black room, the King’s “sword” in hand — a whale bone, Eden’s second eye, and the death of a star.
• ‘God’ remains silent.
• Astria approaches the horizon and reaches the barrier. They plunge the sword forth.
• The globe is shattered. The stars outside flicker, and the once contained space collapses in on itself.
• A black hole forms, and Astria perishes alongside their Sky. They had broken free of the cycle, defied fate, and grasped freedom with their very own hands.
• In their last moments, they failed to hear the undisturbed laughter of the stars above or glimpse the numerous other globes containing yet more false Skies. Their vessel had long since been pulverized to dust. </aside>