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Where do you draw

your line in the sand? My

fondest memories are of my

mother and father. Those were

happier times.

Before the uprising, before the

chaos and terror, before the

tyranny.

Before Lucia. I was too young

to know it at the time, but my

father knew, and he's the only

reason I'm still alive today.

I still remember what he said to

me, that we all have to draw our

line in the sand.

What? No, they will find us.

Resonance signal, right

tunnel.

I can't make it. You go on

ahead. Go on, get out of here.

Geiss, no. Come on.

Halt!

No!

Okay, fire it up. Let's see

if it holds the link.

Okay, that's got it. That's the

last of it. We should be ready.

Huh?

Beth?

They came without warning.

You have to tell everyone. We

have to escape to Archon.

Hello?

Hello, Arien? It's

Martin.

Oh, Martin. How are you?

Sorry, there's no

time. Is Marcus there?

Oh, yes. He's right here.

Marcus, what we

talked about the other day,

it's all true.

What's that?

Geiss is dead. Beth

is here. There's no time. If

you want to come with us, you

have to come now.

What is it?

Geiss. Geiss is dead.

We'll be right over.

Colette, wake up. We have to

go.

There's no time. They moved

sooner than we thought.

Soldiers! We have to go out the

back.

Attention! Attention!

Attention! This sector is now

under containment protocol.

Civil disobedience will not be

tolerated. Stay in your homes.

We have to get to Martin's

garage. He has an unregistered

lifter there.

The child.

Leave them alone. This child

has done nothing to you.

Go! Quickly!

Antoine!

Oh! Morning, Colette.

You're doing the right thing.

Let's get going.

Father!

Stay there.

We have to go. Soldiers are

coming.

Ceasefire!

Get down!

The shard is the

eternal remnant of creation.

It links all life, but lies just

beyond our conscious grasp.

Nobody knows when their

connection will awaken. My

father suspected I had the

connection and knew that I was

not safe under Lucia's regime.

Only through the help of his

friends was I able to escape to

Archon. Only then it was too

late to save my mother and

father.

Sensei, I have failed.

I have underestimated Lucia.

Counsel, it is not too late.

If we pull the troops back, and

form a ring around the dome,

maybe we can hold out until

reinforcements...

We could have reasoned with

them when we had the chance.

But now, this...

That's the kind of weakness

that got us into this position

in the first place.

You!

Iasius, it's been ages.

I hope you don't mind me

redecorating a little?

After all, I haven't forgotten

the "favour" you did for me.

Lucia, you've gone too far.

Don't betray me again.

I hate to think what I would do

if all you put up half as much

of a fight.

Please, have mercy.

Pathetic.

The capital is ours, Empress,

but there is fierce fighting in

the outlying regions.

They are more prepared for us

than the nation of Cypria was.

It seems our reputation

begins to precede us now,

General.

What of the nation of Archon?

We are close enough to strike.

I can have Sky Marshal Orbis

prepare...

General, I do not intend to

move against Archon until we

cleanse Octavia of all Shard-

sensitive.

I will not have another uprising

on my hands.

Prepare the lifter for

departure.

Yes, Empress.

Blink, Lucia.

Abby?

I wasn't...

Hmm, he is a fine specimen.

Don't be silly.

Lucia, I know you better than

that.

Okay, but you can't tell

anyone, especially Sensei.

Lucia's in love.

Not so loud!

Oh, please, Lucia.

It's practically painted all

over you.

Storm's coming up, Maurice.

We better call it a day.

Go on ahead.

I'll catch right up with you.

We shouldn't meet like this.

I'll hear nothing of it.

Besides, I made sure I wasn't

followed.

Oh, I didn't know Sensei

taught being sneaky.

He doesn't.

It just comes naturally.

Come on, I'll show you.

Ah, Avi.

Approach.

Guards, leave us.

Avi, you have shown excellent

promise as adept and as a

candidate for ascension.

Shall I assume you have

undergone the Initiates?

Thank you, Counsel.

Yes, Counsel.

Ah, then what is the primary

tenet in the mastery of Shard?

Action flows through intent.

Reaction is an emotional

cascade.

Then perhaps you might know

why emotional control is so

crucial.

Counsel, to link without

control of intent would lead

to the...

Black Shard.

The Ascension ceremony is

approaching.

I would hate for it to be a

showcase of Echelon's weakness.

No, Counsel.

It has come to my attention

that a candidate has come under

undue influence recently.

I'm not accusing you, Avi, but

if you know anything, keep in

mind we will have guests from

many city-states with us.

Now, is there anything you might

want to tell me, Avi?

Yes, Counsel.

This Maurice problem could be

just the tipping point we need.

I have had him sent to the

construction project.

Interesting.

Then I may have a solution that

will escalate our plans.

Good morning, Adept.

Bless.

Is Maurice here today?

Adept, he got the transfer

order late last night.

I'm afraid it was immediate

priority.

Oh?

Do you know where they sent him?

I'm afraid I don't know

anything more.

Avi, Maurice is gone.

They sent him away.

I have to find him.

I have to!

Lucia, calm down.

It is close to the Ascension.

You should be concentrating on

your meditations.

You sound just like them!

I thought I could count on you,

Avi.

Lucia, I'm... I'm sorry.

I overheard Counsel Leo in the

garden.

I know where Maurice is.

Well, Maurice, you picked a

hell of a day to start here.

Oh?

Why's that?

They're going to lift the

head of Seffodek today.

You'll never see the levitation

up so close.

Meh, I've seen better.

Don't move!

Let me get this off of you!

The Silent Aum.

I can't link.

Lucia, get out of here.

No. I won't lose you.

Lucia.

Maurice! No!

Maurice.

Father? Is that you?

I came back to see you

one last time.

Where is this?

Shh. Do not worry.

I must go soon.

What?

Where are we going?

No. Stay here.

There is something you must do.

You have to go back for them.

But...

My friends will take care of

you. I must go now.

I will be waiting for you.

What?

Be at ease.

I mean you no harm.

What?

Who... who are you?

I am Octavien. Fear not.

You will come to no harm here.

What... what is this place?

Ah, the plants here have

forgotten the seasons it

would seem. Is there something

you have forgotten as well?

I was on a lifter. Soldiers

were coming. We were about

to crash and...

Mother. Father.

My hand was....

Yes. Open your eyes.

You have many things to see.

Colette, are you all right?

Yes. I had the dream again,

the dream of the eyes.

Colette, you're safe here

with us in Archon.

I feel like... like I should

have done more.

Somehow I could have saved them.

You... you saved us all.

If you hadn't awakened when you

did, none of us would have

escaped from Echelon. Now I

need your help again. Come with

me to the Archon Council

tomorrow. I need you to help me

convince them. We need to stand

against Lucia.

This... this power I feel

growing inside me, they used to

teach us about the Shard in

class before Lucia.

I've known you and the other

monks my whole life but I never

knew what it... what it was like

until I awoke this, this power.

Colette, I am no sensei.

It took me five years to reach

your level of awareness and you

have outgrown my ability to

teach in a quarter of that time.

Only a master can teach you now.

I... I will come with you

tomorrow.

Good morning, Colette.

Ready to go?

Hm, I will be once I get this

coffee into me.

I've never been much of a

morning person.

No rush. The diose transport

won't be here for a while yet.

Diose transport? We're not

taking the lifter?

No. Archon Council has

grounded all Echelon lifters,

civs, transports, even refugees.

Can't say I blame them though.

That's why we must convince

the council for the sake of the

people here, for the sake of

those we've lost.

I won't be going with you.

Keep Antoine out of trouble.

You've never seen Archon Doma

before, have you?

No.

Don't let them intimidate

you.

I... I will not fail them

again.

Council will attend to you.

The refugees are just the

tip of the iceberg. The real

problem is Lucia.

Every time Lucia mobilizes,

we get a flood of refugees,

Shard sensitive monks, their

families.

Then it stops. Nothing.

No one every escapes once

Echelon consolidates power.

Lucia is methodically and

systematically persecuting

Shard Sensitives.

I am not convinced. I would

feel it were it true.

Council, the representatives

of the Echelon refugees.

Thank you...

Thank you...

...Council.

...Council

Excuse me, Archon Rem, but I

couldn't help hearing you

when we entered. Archon Ioss

speaks the truth.

I have seen it.

We have seen it first hand.

Lucia has mastered the Black

Shard and broken the Silent Aum.

This is why her intentions are

hidden to you.

She took us all by surprise.

Very few of us from Dojo

Ashedow managed to elude her

grasp.

And you, young Colette,

you have seen all this as well?

Archon, my mother and father

are gone because of Lucia.

They died saving me from

Echelon.

I was too young to know it at

the time but my father knew.

The uprising was a lie.

The epidemic was a lie.

The medical screening was a lie,

an excuse to identify the Shard

Sensitive.

Then the disappearances started.

Antoine taught me the Silent Aum

even before I awoke to the

Shard. It was my father's idea

and he's the only reason I'm

still alive today.

I still remember what he said to

me, that we all have to draw

our line in the sand.

Archon, where do you draw

your line in the sand?

This spot is my favourite

part of the grounds. My sensei

planted that tree himself when

he was about your age.

Our lives are like this tree

reaching upwards, always

branching. The choices we make

are like the branches. Some bear

fruit, some thorns, some fall to

the ground having borne neither.

What choice will you make?

The Archon Defence forces will

only accept a fully trained

adept.

Antoine tells me you are a fast

learner.

Yes, sensei.

Thank you, sensei.

We always have room at Dojo

Cephadek.

Alan. Are you okay?

I'll be...

Just go.

She must be some catch.

Hey, I thought I told you to

stay out of my head.

I am. Relax.

You've been staring at that

photo the whole trip.

I don't always have to link to

you to know what you're

thinking. Believe me, I've

been there. I couldn't be

happier for the two of you.

Well, look what the cat

dragged in.

About time you doggers showed

up.

Nyah, flyboy here is in love.

Hah! I knew it.

Let's get him up on the board.

You guys have,

seriously, too much time on your

hands.

What's for lunch?

Well, let's see if anyone

left anything good in the

fridge.

You guys better not be

stealing my lunch again.

We interrupt this program for

an important news bulletin.

This is the scene unfolding from

the Atavia capital of Magino as

the invasion by Echelon forces

continues. We have reports that

Atavia Dolmen has fallen and

the collapse of the regency is

imminent. In response to

escalating hostilities, the

Archon Council stood in

emergency session today.

We must establish a strong

and unified response and a

readiness to stand against

Echelon's repeated

over these last several years.

We ask all Shard monks and

pilots of able body to enlist

with the Archon Defence Wing

immediately to...

Alan, what's wrong? You're

so quiet.

Mary, I have to go.

I have to enlist. Your mother

was an Adept. If what they say

about Echelon is true, I can't

let that happen to you.

I... I will be with you.

Company halt.

Well... well you people are

the sloppiest excuse for a

platoon I've ever seen.

You people couldn't even

organize a garage sale at a

garbage dump! Why, you maggots

are worthless. Why, if it

wasn't for... Private Belmont,

front and centre!

Drop to the deck, give me 20.

Private Mark, you too. Drop

down and give me 20.

Pilot and resonator must act as

a cohesive unit. If one is

weak, then both are weak. It is

by unity that we will prevail!

I'll be right back.

Mary.

What are you doing here?

I enlisted, Signal Corp. I

told you I'd be with you.

Mary, a warzone is a

dangerous place.

That's so typical of you.

Don't worry, you'll be safe on

my watch.

So who's your resonator?

Alan's

fiancé Mary was jealous of me

from the beginning. A pilot and

resonator develop an intimate

connection through the Shard,

acting with singular intent, a

unity of mind.

Link deep enough, link long

enough, and a lasting bond can

form. This kind of thing was

frowned upon in Echelon and

forbidden under Lucia.

Alan kept himself distant from

me at first. But eventually he

let down his guard. But Archon

Defender never let down its

guard.

As the war drew on, the men of

Wing 665 passed one by one.

Eventually the war would touch

all of us...

more than I could have ever

known.

Brace yourself. We're going

in hard.

Copy that.

Sir, the First Wave is coming

in range of the forward zone

plate batteries.

Recall all units to minimum

standoff distance.

Yes, sir.

Unit 23, withdraw to standoff

point.

Negative. I can take this

one out.

23, fall back immediately.

Acknowledge.

Acknowledged.

But I softened them up a bit for

you.

Sir, target's in range.

Fire at will.

Close the blast shields. We

don't want to get caught in the

collection burst.

First Wave losses at 85%,

Empress.

Shall I order the withdrawal?

No, Marshall. Continue to

target. All units are to

maintain heading. I will not

tolerate deviation. To play so

strong a hand tells me they are

getting desperate and that we

are gaining the advantage.

Prepare the Dias quadrants for a

ground assault. We will

infiltrate under their defences

and take the city of Halaphai as

a staging ground for our final

push. It seems that Archon

might actually be a worthy

adversary, Marshall.

Sorry, sir, only emergency

responders are allowed past this

point.

What have we done?

You have gotten exactly what

you wanted.

Lucia broke through the

Silent Aum. Few have such

strength after years of mastery.

You know she was the only one

of The Adept who could resist

our efforts. She will not be a

challenge to us now in her state

even if The Council does proceed

with the Ascension. None can

match you now.

The Ascension. The Ascension

will proceed.

Ah, the gardens of Echelon.

We do not have such splendour in

Atavia.

Sensei.

Council tells me you have

quite a strong connection.

Thank you, Sensei.

Let me show you something

that not many people know.

Lucia, you haven't been out

of this room in days.

Leave me alone, Avi!

But the Ascension is today.

I don't care, Avi!

I don't care anymore.

I finally found everything that

I wanted and they destroyed it!

Lucia, I'm sorry. If I

thought Council Leo would send

Maurice away, I would have never

told him.

Told him? Avi, you had a

hand in this?

After all this?

This?

Don't betray me again, Avi.

If it's an uprising they want,

it's an uprising they will get.

The ceremony is closed,

Adept.

Lucia. What is the meaning

of this?

Get back.

Link to me. Now!

Ah, Vincent, you can join me

or them.

I will only ask you once.

Alan, are you here?

Martin, was Alan here yet?

Sorry, I haven't seen him

yet.

Hmm. Where is he?

Alan, Com has called a general

deployment.

It was my fault. I had that

bomber in my sight.

I could have taken it out

then Mary would still be...

Alan, I'm...

Leave me alone!

She was always jealous of you,

of all the time we spent

together linked.

She could never link. Even

though her mother was an Adept

she could never.

Alan, I'm not...

No! Our last words alone

were about you, how she resented

you and this war and Echelon for

driving us apart and because you

are from Echelon.

I never wanted any of this.

Leave me alone.

Damn it, Alan. Do you think

you're the only one who's been

hurt?

Colette, I... I'm sorry.

I had no idea.

No, I'm sorry. I will not

link to you so deeply again.

I need these memories for

myself. It's all that keeps me

going.

I will carry my past with me

alone.

All I ask is that you stand with

me against Lucia.

No, they're dead.

Oh. Good thing, or we'd be

in a fix.

Colette, what are you doing?

Thank you,

Colette for freeing me.

I have not known the touch of

another until now.

There are more like me, many

more.

Your brother is one of us.

You can help him.

You can release us from Lucia.

Octavian, I don't understand.

I have no brother.

Colette, you do indeed.

Your mother did not die when you

were separated in Echelon.

She was with child, though did

not know it.

This did not escape the notice

of Echelon, however.

Lucia's plan to harness the

power of the Shard by taking the

newly grown Shard Sensitive

and bending them to her will

before they were even aware of

their own existence, their own

will. It is the ultimate

betrayal of innocence...

but it will also be your

downfall

There is growing awakening

amongst the resident and with

all Shard Sensitive. You are

part of this as well.

Even though Lucia can feel this

awakening she is blinded by her

rage and her ambition.

This is your advantage.

You have the knowledge to defeat

her. You have the will and

intent. All you need now is to

take action.

Colette.

Colette. Colette! Colette!

Colette!

Alan, are you okay?

I think so.

Are you okay to fly?

The Tracer is wrecked.

Can you fly a Dias transport?

An Echelon Dias? We'll get

shot down before we make it

halfway to base.

We're not going back to base.

Lucia's command wing. We can

stop this. She has grown bold

and left herself exposed.

Well, it's a bit roughed up

but it'll fly.

The Resonator is gone. How

will you maintain the link?

I will link directly. There

is a growing intent among the

Shard Sensitive, a growing aum

against Lucia. I'm part of

it. It's part of me. My aum is

a focus of my will. Now, fly.

Concentrate bombers on this

front.

Empress, there are no targets

of military value there nor is

there hardly any Resonant

signal. Would it not be better

to smash their defences and take

the dolmen?

They're hiding their

strongest Adept there. They are

sheltering the traitors there

and they are shielding

themselves from us. In

maintaining the Silent Aum, they

have no strength to mount a

defence against a concentrated

attack. Send out your bombers,

Marshall. Vincent, ready the

Dias squadrons. I grow tired of

this protracted war. This will

be a decisive victory.

Yes, Empress.

Fly towards the central cube.

No. That's one of ours.

Incoming!

Is this the best Archon can send

against me? I'll wipe you all

out of my way.

You fight like my old sensei.

If I didn't know any better I'd

think you had studied under him.

Lucia, your tyranny has gone

too far.

He would have said something

like that. Send him my regards.

There is a growing awareness

amongst the Resonant, a growing

resistance to her will. Lucia

is blinded by her ambition and

rage. Otherwise she would feel

this. This is your advantage.

If you awaken enough of the

Resonant, you can weaken her

powerbase. Your brother is in

one of her Resonators.

How will I know which one?

He will know you

through your link to the Shard.

When the time comes let yourself

go and trust in him.

Stay on course, stay on

mission.

I see you have quite a strong

connection to the Shard. Shall

I assume you have undergone the

initiation? Action flows from

intent. Reaction is emotional

cascade.

Her failure will be your

failure. She has betrayed you

through her failure. She has

betrayed you as I have been

betrayed.

What? What is this?

Lucia, it is you who has

betrayed me.

Who are you?

I'm am Octavien. I am

Achondel, Desmeril, Seffodek

Fetra. You know me though you

have forgotten long ago.

I was waiting for you.

No, I waiting for the Lucia

that I used to know. You I do

not know.

I don't even know myself.

Myself.

This empire of yours, Lucia,

this war, I did not want this,

not for my sake.

I just... I...

Come with me, Lucia. I can

end all this.

Maurice, I... I'm...

Father!

We will be waiting for you,

my daughter.

It's over.

Hold your fire.

I remember walking by the

ocean as a child standing in the

surf as the waves broke around

me washing away my footsteps

with each passing moment until

there remained no sign of my

passage but for the memory. It

seemed so vivid at the time, the

war with Lucia and the end, like

waking from a dream, a dream

that fades as moments pass.

When memory is gone, will it be

that we never existed or is our

time here now the memory, the

dream of some other time and

place?

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