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Each crystal step glows in lemon and lime clouds, descending into pale sunlight.
Dust filters in from the path above, swirling and dancing back and forth past me. It’s as if this entire ordeal is replaying itself around me - every image and shadowy spirit rushing past again and again.

Duality's voice echoes through the tunnel from below.

“You are a very special child, you know.”

“Blessed or cursed?”

Even her chuckle reverberates through the shadows of dust.

“I’ve decided to ask you a single question. To survive in Entropy, you must be prepared to face any creature, any challenge, and overcome them as shown by your heart.” The stairs end abruptly, overlooking a drop into golden clouds below. I try to hold onto the wall, but the shadows grab my arms. Crystal tree-branches appear from under me and lift me out over the pit. The shadows keep me from falling, instead facing me to the towering serpent. “I understand that you have seen much along this path, child. Tell me: what has frightened you here?”

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