Protector Waner gazed at Antonio with a difficult gaze as he went back to managing the Synthetic Existences and look for the Worms of Existence infecting this Omniverse.
She was a Protector, yes.
She was no longer a foolish girl, yes!
But…
She also questioned.
The one distinguished Viceroy…what if, unlike what everyone wanted to believe, his words held a hint of truth.
What if, sometime in the future, the Commonwealth would truly be involved in the Breaking of the Wheel?
Why? Why did nobody want to even entertain the idea of this possibility?
She questioned and questioned again.
But there was no answer.
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In the Wheel of Weavings.
Inside the Gladiators' Arena.