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And in the upper city, every light-panel flickered—and displayed the Bloom Registry in crisp, undeniable detail. Lady Vane stood alone amid the chaos, her serene mask finally cracking. She looked at Elara—this small, bleeding, furious child—and for a moment, something like respect flickered across her face.

"The Lily Service," she said to her guests, "is not charity. It is cultivation. The Grey Rot does not merely sicken—it awakens. In these children, the Rot burned away the mundane, leaving behind a rare, malleable soul-stuff. We call them . Their emotions, their memories, their very identities—they can be pruned. Reshaped." Lily Service -Full Version- -Tyviania-

But Elara had grown up in the Soiled Rose District. She had breathed Rot-tainted air and slept in chimneys. She bit the inside of her cheek until blood flowed, the pain clearing her head just enough. She kicked out the grate, dropped into the chamber, and ran. And in the upper city, every light-panel flickered—and