บท 214: Cycle—Marcus

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Marcus Aurelius POV

A man approached my room, my sanctuary.

His name was Emir.

Lyra showed me his achievements, and I was impressed.

An Order's chosen; that's what he was.

But there was something more; I knew there was.

The way he looked at the Script Of Creation was unlike any that I had seen before.

Emir wasn't the first of those under the Order and he might not be the last. 

I had allowed many of them to come and ago.

Those of the past simply looked at the Script and assumed it to be the language of the Arcane.

But Emir seemed to immediately realize its importance.

That's when I knew I had to talk to him.

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I gave him a trial.

I knew he wouldn't like it, but I did so anyway.

My excuse was that my code wouldn't allow me to give away something for free.

It wasn't a lie.

Though to be honest, I could've just given him the simplest of tasks.