They say the crystals chose us.
I don’t know if that’s true.
All I know is we’re rolling into Sector Nine tonight, and I can feel the weight of it in my bones.
Stardust Inc. doesn’t sleep. Their machines don’t stop. One wrong move, one flicker of hesitation, and they’ll erase us like the others.
But I’ve got an Ethereal by my side. We’re synced. Breathing the same rhythm.
When we fight as one, we’re unstoppable.
Still… every mission pulls us closer together, or tears at the seams.
If our bond breaks, we become something else. Something worse… so much worse. And that idea scares me more than the war itself.
But fear doesn’t win battles. So I check my weapon. Look to the sky. And remind myself why we’re doing this:
We’re THORN. We fight for the ordinary people.
We don’t back down. Not now. Not ever.
