Last Light

Marcus POV confrontation with absorbed figures. Kate senses organism through neural interference. Nigel explains Kate resistance as involuntary neurological response. Kate offers to sing to reach Chelsea. Chelsea fighting from inside organism.

Fleet engages Dominion in desperate diversionary battle. Rylee commands from the Resolute as ships die by dozens, the bridge taking damage around her. The physical toll of command—the smell of burning circuits, blood, the ship's structural groaning—mirrors the emotional cost.

Marcus, Rylee, Chelsea, Nigel, and Lucas flee across the lunar surface toward the far-side base, pursued relentlessly by the Fist of the First Citizen. As they flee, Lucas's infected leg worsens and the team must carry him.

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Lucas Chen, descendant of portal closer Chen Li, uses his ancestor's tactical journals from 200 years ago to identify a Dominion contingency pattern that will repeat. He discovers the Dominion never innovate, always defaulting to ancestral tactics.

Chelsea comforts Kate after episode. Kate describes what she sees - not dreams, but real ships moving through the Void. Chelsea realizes Kate is detecting them.

Chelsea Park performs her morning ritual, visiting Kate's preserved room. She grapples with conflicting emotions: profound love and bitter resentment toward Kate's sacrifice.

Kate tests her abilities. Can sense the Hollowing everywhere now - the whole dimension of it pressing against reality. It is vast. Ancient. Hungry. And it is focused entirely on her.