This wasn’t the war she had trained for, but she could still make a difference. Right now, saving lives was all that mattered.

The distant silence had given way to chaos: fires snapping through metal and sand, voices shouting out for missing loved ones, debris still groaning as it shifted and fell. Shauni had trained for war with the Valleteian Guard. She had stood her ground in the conflicts between rival houses and weathered power struggles and skirmishes. But this was different. It felt like the very heart of Elysium had been struck and left to break apart.

Communication latency with Valleteia has officially reduced to half the usual latency