Calyx - the sepals of a flower, typically forming a whorl that encloses the petals and forms a protective layer around a flower in bud.
The 13th Conflict Engine is freed from the cycle of destruction that binds the Endbringers.
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A nameless being, though he wears his title of Conflict Engine well, awoke in the gentle grasp of Low Earth Orbit. After a few short minutes of wakefulness, basking in silence and darkness—never before has his birth been anything but noisy—he breaks the shell of his massive egg. Stretching himself lazily from the shattered remnants of the shell that imprisoned and nurtured him, Conflict Engine 13 gazes at the planet that hung below him, the vast, vaguely triangular continent speckled with light and darkness. As he looks at the planet, he realizes that it's the first time he's ever seen one without his mind automatically analyzing shard-data streams, calculating conflict potentials and terror hotspots for the Cycle's optimal configuration. So he simply watches, the silence of his mind fresh and new.
The 13th Conflict Engine is freed from the cycle of destruction that binds the Endbringers.
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A nameless being, though he wears his title of Conflict Engine well, awoke in the gentle grasp of Low Earth Orbit. After a few short minutes of wakefulness, basking in silence and darkness—never before has his birth been anything but noisy—he breaks the shell of his massive egg. Stretching himself lazily from the shattered remnants of the shell that imprisoned and nurtured him, Conflict Engine 13 gazes at the planet that hung below him, the vast, vaguely triangular continent speckled with light and darkness. As he looks at the planet, he realizes that it's the first time he's ever seen one without his mind automatically analyzing shard-data streams, calculating conflict potentials and terror hotspots for the Cycle's optimal configuration. So he simply watches, the silence of his mind fresh and new.