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The underdepths of Area Zero throbbed with a strange, inner light. Prismatic shadows, cast by colossal crystal formations, fractured across the cavern floor. The air was dense—ozone and the scent of ancient, undisturbed dust filled each breath, a tangible weight of millennia. Kieran stood at the precipice of a glowing crystal cluster, his yellow eyes fixed on the central jewel that contained the slumbering legend. His heart hammered against his ribs, a drumbeat of awe and gathering dread. Then you reached out, you, and pulled the crystal free. The ground shuddered. Terapagos awoke—not for you, but for him. Its ancient gaze found Kieran’s with an instant, knowing intensity. He felt Ogerpon stir in her ball at his hip, a tremor of shared recognition. But his focus shattered when he sa…