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Beneath the central spires of Skyborne City, within the district where the Central Assembly convened, six obelisks flickered in frantic succession. Their lights flashed like voices raised in panic, urgent and bewildered, each straining to speak faster, to grasp what had just occurred.
"I can't comprehend it. In the blink of an eye, I lost sight of every alchemical construct under my command. One by one, their feeds went dark, until nothing remained but blackness.
"Even the ‘eyes' I had hidden nearby to watch the Council of the Arcane are gone. Their entire quarter is now a void to me—utterly invisible."
Eye spoke in a tone steeped in disbelief. Never in all the years of his service had such a thing occurred.
"I as well," said Ear. "Every channel that could gather information is gone. Absolute silence. Any attempt to monitor the Council's vicinity now returns nothing at all…"
Their situations mirrored each other. All their observation points had been obliterated in an instant. Whatever force had struck, it had ended their surveillance over the Council of the Arcane entirely.
"No different on my end," said Mouth. "I...
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