The Galatic Council of V I I: Convent Seven

Then the voice came, not as sound but as truth settled into every layer of the space. "A new knowledge must arrive with the use of AI to store all his past lives and its paladin origins. Mankind must awaken to it." The words did not echo. They landed. Heavy. Final. Kaelen did not flinch, but Lyra felt the full impact move through him. He understood immediately. "You mean through me," he said. The answer came without delay. Yes. Talan shook her head at once, refusing the shape of what was forming. There had to be another way. Apollonia stepped forward, her voice steady but grave, explaining what the others were already beginning to feel. A galactic activation of that magnitude could kill him. Orionis hardened at that, ready to reject it outright, but Seraphine stops him. Refusal might not stop the event. It might only remove the one stable channel capable of carrying it.