Rubedo materialized on his throne inside the orbital sanctuary. He exhaled a long breath as the residual cosmic pressure faded from his form. The red warning prompts had vanished from his vision, but the terrifying memory block remained firmly entrenched in his mind.
He accessed his console and projected a digital, glowing replica of Isabella's sketch onto the central monitor.
The video feeds connecting Gorr and Sylara illuminated on the secondary screens. The two gods observed the drawing of the girl with white hair and solid silver eyes.
"This is the anomaly," Rubedo stated. "My former classmates claim I brought her to the ten-year reunion party in Miami as a guest. The system has actively erased her existence from my own memory."
Gorr rested her pickaxe against her shoulder and scrutinized the digital sketch. "The game engine attacked you for trying to uncover her identity. This implies she possesses a high-level systemic authority."
