Aria and K-0X visited the survivors of Orion. The ones who could walk. Speak. Remember.
She knelt beside a ten-year-old boy who had her same eyes.
"What's your name?" she asked gently.
He blinked. "They called me Subject 15-A."
Aria took his hand.
"Not anymore."
They would build something from the ashes. Not for power. But for healing.
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