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### Scene 1: Waking Inside Himself
Aeyon opened his eyes to silence.
Not darkness.
Not light.
Just pure stillness.
He wasn't in the school anymore.
He wasn't in the real world at all.
> "Where am I?"
A voice answered. It was his own.
> *"Welcome to the Mirror Room. The last place your thoughts can hide."*
Around him: hundreds of mirrors suspended in void, each one reflecting not just his face—but different versions of himself.
One crying.
One laughing manically.
One bloodstained, screaming.
> "This is where Null buried your truth."
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### Scene 2: The First Reflection
He stepped toward the nearest mirror.
It showed Aeyon as a child. Locked in a hospital bed. Wires in his arms. Machines reading his thoughts.
> *"Mom? Where are you? It hurts here... Why won't they let me sleep?"*
A tear escaped down real Aeyon's cheek. He hadn't cried in years.
> "They said I was dangerous... even then. Because I could feel things too deeply. So they tried to turn that into a weapon."
> *"But you survived,"* said the mirror.
> "No," Aeyon whispered. "I adapted. That's not the same as surviving."
The mirror shattered.
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### Scene 3: The Second Reflection — The Love He Broke
The next mirror showed Reva.
Not the fighter.
Not the manipulator.
Just her. Sitting alone in the school courtyard. Writing a note she would never give him.
> *"I know you can never be mine. But I wanted to thank you... for seeing me when I was invisible. Even if it was just a trick of your brilliant, cursed mind."*
Aeyon closed his eyes.
> "I never let her in... Because if I did, she could've broken me."
> *"Is that why you lied? Is that why you used her?"*
He clenched his jaw.
> "No. I did it because I believed the war was worth more than love."
Silence.
> *"Do you still believe that?"*
He didn't answer.
The mirror didn't shatter.
It remained.
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### Scene 4: The Mirror That Knew His Name
The third mirror was different.
It didn't show an image.
It pulsed.
With thought. With identity. With pain he hadn't dared remember.
Aeyon stepped close and the mirror whispered:
> *"You know the name they gave you. But not the name you chose."*
He touched the glass.
And then—the world split.
He fell into a **memory loop**.
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### Scene 5: The Origin Trap
He was back in Null's child conditioning facility.
Seven years old. Sitting with five other kids.
Being taught how to dismantle someone's thoughts without making them realize it.
One kid refused.
Her name was **Alyra**.
She cried. Refused to break her partner.
So they erased her.
Right in front of him.
> "This was your test," a faceless instructor said. "Break her or she breaks the system."
He remembered what he did next.
He didn't cry.
He didn't resist.
He became what they wanted.
But now\...
> "I remember you, Alyra. And I'm sorry I erased you to survive."
A shape formed beside him.
A ghost of the girl.
She smiled.
> "Then let your survival mean something real. Change everything."
She vanished.
The mirror cracked.
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### Scene 6: The Exit Key
The last mirror had no reflection.
Just words.
Carved in fire.
> **"To leave, you must forgive the you who let it all happen."**
Aeyon fell to his knees.
All his victories. All his mind games. All his manipulations.
They had cost him pieces of himself.
But in that moment...
He placed a hand on his chest.
> "I forgive the boy who survived by becoming a weapon."
The Mirror Room imploded.
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### Scene 7: Return to War
Aeyon gasped awake.
He was back.
Lying on a rooftop beside Elura, Reva, and Mirra.
They had protected him while he was inside.
Mirra looked at him, tears on her face.
> "You saw her, didn't you? Alyra."
Aeyon nodded.
Reva reached for his hand.
He didn't pull away.
> "We fight together now. But this time, with hearts."
He stood.
The sky above them was filled with Null drones.
But Aeyon Kairo had returned whole.
And the war for minds—and for **souls**—had truly begun.
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**TO BE CONTINUED...**