C17 CHAPTER 17: LYRIA LEARNS EMOTIONAL SENSING
The first thing Lyria noticed when she woke up was silence.
Not the usual quiet of Sky Academy mornings — the distant hum of turbines, the faint wind curling around the towers — but something deeper. Internal. As if the noise inside her chest had finally settled.
She lay still for several moments, one hand resting over her sternum.
Her spark pulsed softly beneath her skin.
Not loud
