The Elders Warned Them: Humans Are Unstoppable—No One Listened... Until It Was Too Late! | Sci-Fi
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When the'}, {'start': '32.559', 'end': '38.879', 'text': 'broken refuse to die? This is the end of'}, {'start': '36.200', 'end': '40.960', 'text': 'Zerithus. The chamber was silent, saved'}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '43.320', 'text': 'for the faint hum of the crystal spires'}, {'start': '40.960', 'end': '45.520', 'text': 'that pulsed with the lifeblood of'}, {'start': '43.320', 'end': '47.840', 'text': 'Zerithus. The elders stood in a'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '49.920', 'text': 'semicircle, their translucent robes'}, {'start': '47.840', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'shimmering faintly under the dim violet'}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '54.960', 'text': 'glow. Their faces, ancient, weathered by'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '58.039', 'text': 'millennia of wisdom, were taught with'}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '60.879', 'text': 'something rare for their kind.'}, {'start': '58.039', 'end': '63.440', 'text': "fear. High Elder Kyle's voice trembled"}, {'start': '60.879', 'end': '65.840', 'text': 'as he spoke each word. A heavy stone'}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'dropped into the stillness. We warned'}, {'start': '65.840', 'end': '72.080', 'text': 'them. We warned the council, the fleets,'}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '74.640', 'text': 'the entire galactic assembly. Humans are'}, {'start': '72.080', 'end': '75.880', 'text': 'not like the others. They are relentless'}, {'start': '74.640', 'end': '79.799', 'text': 'and'}, {'start': '75.880', 'end': '82.560', 'text': 'unstoppable. And now, now it is too'}, {'start': '79.799', 'end': '84.479', 'text': 'late. No one answered. The younger'}, {'start': '82.560', 'end': '87.119', 'text': 'initiates standing at the edges of the'}, {'start': '84.479', 'end': '89.360', 'text': "chamber shifted uneasily. They'd grown"}, {'start': '87.119', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'up on tales of the elders foresight,'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '94.400', 'text': 'their ability to see the threads of fate'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '96.640', 'text': 'weaving through the stars. But this,'}, {'start': '94.400', 'end': '99.040', 'text': 'this was different. The humans were a'}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'fledgling species, barely a speck on the'}, {'start': '99.040', 'end': '103.119', 'text': 'galactic map. How could they unravel'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '105.920', 'text': 'everything the Zarathian dominion had'}, {'start': '103.119', 'end': '108.159', 'text': 'built over eons? The initiates exchanged'}, {'start': '105.920', 'end': '110.079', 'text': 'glances, their glowing eyes flickering'}, {'start': '108.159', 'end': '112.399', 'text': "with doubt. They hadn't seen what the"}, {'start': '110.079', 'end': '114.560', 'text': "elders had seen. They hadn't felt the"}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '117.360', 'text': 'shiver in the void when the first human'}, {'start': '114.560', 'end': '119.680', 'text': 'ships broke free of their cradle world.'}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '121.920', 'text': "Kyle's gaze drifted to the holosphere at"}, {'start': '119.680', 'end': '124.640', 'text': 'the center of the chamber. With a wave'}, {'start': '121.920', 'end': '126.320', 'text': 'of his skeletal hand, it flared to life,'}, {'start': '124.640', 'end': '128.720', 'text': 'projecting a scene that made even the'}, {'start': '126.320', 'end': '131.039', 'text': 'boldest among them recoil. A human'}, {'start': '128.720', 'end': '133.200', 'text': 'vessel, small crude, patched together'}, {'start': '131.039', 'end': '134.959', 'text': 'with materials the galaxy had long since'}, {'start': '133.200', 'end': '137.599', 'text': 'abandoned, drifted through the wreckage'}, {'start': '134.959', 'end': '139.440', 'text': 'of a Dominion warship. The warship had'}, {'start': '137.599', 'end': '141.840', 'text': 'been a marvel of engineering. Its hull'}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'forged from star steel, its weapons'}, {'start': '141.840', 'end': '146.800', 'text': 'capable of cracking moons. Now it was a'}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '149.120', 'text': 'husk torn open like a beast felled by a'}, {'start': '146.800', 'end': '151.360', 'text': "hunter's blade. And there among the"}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '153.440', 'text': 'debris, the human ship lingered, its'}, {'start': '151.360', 'end': '154.760', 'text': 'crew scavenging undeterred by the'}, {'start': '153.440', 'end': '158.400', 'text': "destruction they'd"}, {'start': '154.760', 'end': '160.720', 'text': 'wrought. "They do not tire," Kel said'}, {'start': '158.400', 'end': '163.360', 'text': 'his voice barely above a whisper. "They'}, {'start': '160.720', 'end': '165.360', 'text': 'do not yield. We struck their colonies,'}, {'start': '163.360', 'end': '168.400', 'text': 'burned their skies, shattered their'}, {'start': '165.360', 'end': '170.440', 'text': 'fleets, and still they came. More ships,'}, {'start': '168.400', 'end': '173.440', 'text': 'more warriors, more'}, {'start': '170.440', 'end': '175.280', 'text': 'defiance. He paused, his breath,'}, {'start': '173.440', 'end': '177.680', 'text': 'catching as the holosphere shifted to'}, {'start': '175.280', 'end': '179.920', 'text': 'show a human soldier, bloodied armor'}, {'start': '177.680', 'end': '182.720', 'text': 'cracked, standing at top a mound of'}, {'start': '179.920', 'end': '184.480', 'text': 'fallen Zaraththeian drones. The soldier'}, {'start': '182.720', 'end': '186.319', 'text': 'raised a fist, shouting something the'}, {'start': '184.480', 'end': '189.519', 'text': "elders couldn't hear. But the gesture"}, {'start': '186.319', 'end': '191.440', 'text': 'alone sent a chill through the room. It'}, {'start': '189.519', 'end': '193.480', 'text': 'was a triumph.'}, {'start': '191.440', 'end': '196.959', 'text': 'Raw, unbridled'}, {'start': '193.480', 'end': '198.680', 'text': 'triumph. Elder Lyra stepped forward, her'}, {'start': '196.959', 'end': '200.959', 'text': 'voice sharp with'}, {'start': '198.680', 'end': '203.920', 'text': 'frustration. We told the council to'}, {'start': '200.959', 'end': '205.840', 'text': 'leave them be. We beg them to quarantine'}, {'start': '203.920', 'end': '208.280', 'text': 'that wretched system to let the humans'}, {'start': '205.840', 'end': '210.720', 'text': 'claw at their dirt and die out in'}, {'start': '208.280', 'end': '213.360', 'text': 'obscurity. But no, they wanted'}, {'start': '210.720', 'end': '214.959', 'text': 'resources. They wanted slaves. They'}, {'start': '213.360', 'end': '217.760', 'text': 'thought a primitive species could be'}, {'start': '214.959', 'end': '220.400', 'text': 'broken. She laughed bitterly, the sound'}, {'start': '217.760', 'end': '223.040', 'text': 'echoing off the spires.'}, {'start': '220.400', 'end': '224.879', 'text': "And now the council's fleets are ash."}, {'start': '223.040', 'end': '227.840', 'text': 'Their worlds are burning and the humans'}, {'start': '224.879', 'end': '230.000', 'text': 'are at our gates. The initiates murmured'}, {'start': '227.840', 'end': '232.400', 'text': 'among themselves, their doubt giving way'}, {'start': '230.000', 'end': '234.560', 'text': "to unease. They'd heard the rumors,"}, {'start': '232.400', 'end': '236.000', 'text': 'whispers of human resilience of battles'}, {'start': '234.560', 'end': '238.720', 'text': 'where the odds should have crushed them,'}, {'start': '236.000', 'end': '240.879', 'text': "but didn't. There was the tale of Tarvox"}, {'start': '238.720', 'end': '243.280', 'text': 'Prime, where a single human outpost held'}, {'start': '240.879', 'end': '245.760', 'text': 'off a siege for three cycles long after'}, {'start': '243.280', 'end': '248.000', 'text': 'their supplies ran dry. or the massacre'}, {'start': '245.760', 'end': '250.239', 'text': "at Kelron's Belt, where a human captain"}, {'start': '248.000', 'end': '252.959', 'text': 'rammed his dying ship into a Dominion'}, {'start': '250.239', 'end': '255.599', 'text': 'dreadnot, taking both to oblivion in a'}, {'start': '252.959', 'end': '257.400', 'text': 'blaze of fire and spite. The stories'}, {'start': '255.599', 'end': '259.519', 'text': 'were dismissed as'}, {'start': '257.400', 'end': '262.400', 'text': 'exaggerations. Propaganda from a'}, {'start': '259.519', 'end': '266.080', 'text': "desperate foe, but the holosphere didn't"}, {'start': '262.400', 'end': '268.320', 'text': "lie. The elders didn't lie. Kyle turned"}, {'start': '266.080', 'end': '269.919', 'text': 'to the initiates, his eyes burning with'}, {'start': '268.320', 'end': '271.520', 'text': 'an intensity that silenced their'}, {'start': '269.919', 'end': '274.520', 'text': 'whispers.'}, {'start': '271.520', 'end': '277.440', 'text': 'Do you think this is a war of weapons of'}, {'start': '274.520', 'end': '279.400', 'text': 'strategy? Number This is a war of will.'}, {'start': '277.440', 'end': '281.840', 'text': 'The humans have something we lost long'}, {'start': '279.400', 'end': '285.120', 'text': 'ago, something we buried beneath our'}, {'start': '281.840', 'end': '288.160', 'text': 'towers and our laws. They hunger not for'}, {'start': '285.120', 'end': '290.040', 'text': 'power, not for glory, but for survival.'}, {'start': '288.160', 'end': '292.639', 'text': 'And that hunger makes them'}, {'start': '290.040', 'end': '294.479', 'text': 'unbreakable. One of the initiates, a'}, {'start': '292.639', 'end': '297.360', 'text': 'young female named Naray, stepped'}, {'start': '294.479', 'end': '299.600', 'text': 'forward. Her voice was soft but steady,'}, {'start': '297.360', 'end': '302.560', 'text': "cutting through the tension. If they're"}, {'start': '299.600', 'end': '306.400', 'text': 'so unstoppable, why do we still fight?'}, {'start': '302.560', 'end': '309.320', 'text': 'Why not negotiate? Offer peace. The'}, {'start': '306.400', 'end': '312.240', 'text': 'question hung in the air, naive yet'}, {'start': '309.320', 'end': '314.880', 'text': 'piercing. The elders exchanged glances,'}, {'start': '312.240', 'end': '317.600', 'text': 'their silence heavier than before. Lyra'}, {'start': '314.880', 'end': '320.080', 'text': 'answered her tone laced with regret.'}, {'start': '317.600', 'end': '322.400', 'text': "Because they don't trust us. We struck"}, {'start': '320.080', 'end': '324.160', 'text': 'first. We glassed their cities and'}, {'start': '322.400', 'end': '326.400', 'text': 'slaughtered their young, all in the name'}, {'start': '324.160', 'end': '329.120', 'text': 'of dominance. They see us as monsters'}, {'start': '326.400', 'end': '332.160', 'text': "now, and they're right, too. Peace was"}, {'start': '329.120', 'end': '334.800', 'text': 'never an option after what we did. The'}, {'start': '332.160', 'end': '337.039', 'text': 'holosphere flared once more. This time'}, {'start': '334.800', 'end': '339.199', 'text': 'showing a human fleet. Hundreds of ships'}, {'start': '337.039', 'end': '341.600', 'text': 'mismatched and scarred emerging from the'}, {'start': '339.199', 'end': '344.160', 'text': 'void. They moved with no discernable'}, {'start': '341.600', 'end': '346.680', 'text': 'formation, no elegance, just a chaotic'}, {'start': '344.160', 'end': '349.280', 'text': "swarm bearing down on Zerithus' outer"}, {'start': '346.680', 'end': '352.160', 'text': 'defenses. Alarms blared in the distance,'}, {'start': '349.280', 'end': '353.960', 'text': 'faint but growing louder. The initiates'}, {'start': '352.160', 'end': '356.560', 'text': 'froze their glowing eyes wide with'}, {'start': '353.960', 'end': '359.759', 'text': "realization. The humans weren't coming."}, {'start': '356.560', 'end': '362.960', 'text': 'They were already here. Corin closed his'}, {'start': '359.759', 'end': '365.680', 'text': 'eyes, his voice a broken murmur. We'}, {'start': '362.960', 'end': '369.199', 'text': 'warned them. No one listened. And now we'}, {'start': '365.680', 'end': '370.960', 'text': 'pay the price. The alarms grew louder, a'}, {'start': '369.199', 'end': '373.600', 'text': 'shrieking chorus that reverberated'}, {'start': '370.960', 'end': '375.759', 'text': 'through the crystal spires of Zarathus.'}, {'start': '373.600', 'end': '377.919', 'text': 'The chamber trembled dust sifting from'}, {'start': '375.759', 'end': '380.800', 'text': 'the ceiling as the first distant booms'}, {'start': '377.919', 'end': '382.880', 'text': 'echoed beyond the walls. The initiates'}, {'start': '380.800', 'end': '384.800', 'text': 'stumbled, clutching at one another,'}, {'start': '382.880', 'end': '387.600', 'text': 'their glowing eyes darting toward the'}, {'start': '384.800', 'end': '390.240', 'text': 'elders for reassurance that never came.'}, {'start': '387.600', 'end': '392.240', 'text': 'Corin stood motionless, his gaze fixed'}, {'start': '390.240', 'end': '394.880', 'text': 'on the holosphere as it tracked the'}, {'start': '392.240', 'end': '397.120', 'text': "human fleet's advance. The swarm of"}, {'start': '394.880', 'end': '399.759', 'text': 'ships moved like a living thing,'}, {'start': '397.120', 'end': '402.160', 'text': 'erratic, unpredictable, splitting apart'}, {'start': '399.759', 'end': '404.800', 'text': 'and reforming with a ferocity that'}, {'start': '402.160', 'end': '407.520', 'text': 'defied reason. Dominion interceptors'}, {'start': '404.800', 'end': '409.600', 'text': 'raced to meet them, sleek and precise.'}, {'start': '407.520', 'end': '412.880', 'text': 'But they were swallowed one by one,'}, {'start': '409.600', 'end': '415.520', 'text': "devoured by the human's relentless tide."}, {'start': '412.880', 'end': '418.160', 'text': "Lyra's hands clenched into fists, her"}, {'start': '415.520', 'end': '420.960', 'text': 'voice cutting through the chaos. They'}, {'start': '418.160', 'end': '424.080', 'text': 'fight like animals, wild, desperate,'}, {'start': '420.960', 'end': '426.960', 'text': 'with no regard for their own lives. How'}, {'start': '424.080', 'end': '428.880', 'text': 'do you stop a foe that welcomes death?'}, {'start': '426.960', 'end': '431.199', 'text': 'She turned to Corin, her frustration'}, {'start': '428.880', 'end': '433.280', 'text': 'boiling over. We should have fled, high'}, {'start': '431.199', 'end': '435.759', 'text': 'elder. We should have abandoned this'}, {'start': '433.280', 'end': '437.280', 'text': 'system when we had the chance. Pride has'}, {'start': '435.759', 'end': '438.960', 'text': 'doomed us.'}, {'start': '437.280', 'end': '441.280', 'text': "Corin's response was slow and"}, {'start': '438.960', 'end': '444.639', 'text': 'deliberate, as if each word cost him'}, {'start': '441.280', 'end': '447.599', 'text': 'something vital. Flee where Lyra, to the'}, {'start': '444.639', 'end': '450.560', 'text': "outer rims, to the dead zones. They'd"}, {'start': '447.599', 'end': '453.120', 'text': "follow. They always follow. You've seen"}, {'start': '450.560', 'end': '455.360', 'text': 'their kind. Wounded, starving, driven to'}, {'start': '453.120', 'end': '458.319', 'text': 'the brink of annihilation. And still'}, {'start': '455.360', 'end': '459.560', 'text': 'they rise. No corner of the galaxy is'}, {'start': '458.319', 'end': '462.880', 'text': 'safe from them'}, {'start': '459.560', 'end': '464.800', 'text': 'now. The holosphere shifted, zooming in'}, {'start': '462.880', 'end': '466.960', 'text': 'on a single human ship at the forefront'}, {'start': '464.800', 'end': '469.199', 'text': 'of the swarm. It was larger than the'}, {'start': '466.960', 'end': '471.360', 'text': 'others. Its hull, a patchwork of'}, {'start': '469.199', 'end': '473.919', 'text': 'salvaged metal and Dominion wreckage,'}, {'start': '471.360', 'end': '476.000', 'text': 'bristling with makeshift weapons. A name'}, {'start': '473.919', 'end': '477.879', 'text': 'was scrolled across its side in jagged'}, {'start': '476.000', 'end': '480.240', 'text': 'crimson letters,'}, {'start': '477.879', 'end': '482.720', 'text': 'unbroken. The sight sent a ripple of'}, {'start': '480.240', 'end': '484.879', 'text': 'dread through the chamber. That ship had'}, {'start': '482.720', 'end': '486.639', 'text': 'become a legend among the Zaraththeians,'}, {'start': '484.879', 'end': '488.720', 'text': 'whispered about in the aftermath of'}, {'start': '486.639', 'end': '491.039', 'text': 'every lost battle.'}, {'start': '488.720', 'end': '493.360', 'text': 'It was said to carry a crew of survivors'}, {'start': '491.039', 'end': '495.639', 'text': "from Earth's first colonies, the ones"}, {'start': '493.360', 'end': '498.639', 'text': 'the Dominion had raised in their opening'}, {'start': '495.639', 'end': '500.800', 'text': "salvo. Survivors who'd sworn vengeance,"}, {'start': '498.639', 'end': '503.919', 'text': "who'd rebuilt their shattered lives into"}, {'start': '500.800', 'end': '506.080', 'text': "a weapon aimed at Zarathus' heart."}, {'start': '503.919', 'end': '508.360', 'text': "Naray, the young initiate who'd dared to"}, {'start': '506.080', 'end': '510.840', 'text': 'speak earlier, stepped closer to the'}, {'start': '508.360', 'end': '513.120', 'text': 'holosphere, her voice trembling, but'}, {'start': '510.840', 'end': '515.599', 'text': "defiant. If they're so driven by"}, {'start': '513.120', 'end': '518.240', 'text': 'revenge, why not use it against them?'}, {'start': '515.599', 'end': '521.519', 'text': 'Draw them into a trap. Let their anger'}, {'start': '518.240', 'end': '524.120', 'text': "blind them. We're smarter than they are."}, {'start': '521.519', 'end': '526.800', 'text': 'Surely we can outthink them. Lyra'}, {'start': '524.120', 'end': '530.160', 'text': 'snorted. A harsh sound that carried no'}, {'start': '526.800', 'end': '532.640', 'text': "humor. Smarter perhaps once. But they've"}, {'start': '530.160', 'end': '535.920', 'text': "learned Narai. Every defeat we've handed"}, {'start': '532.640', 'end': '538.800', 'text': "them. Every trap we've set, they adapt."}, {'start': '535.920', 'end': '540.880', 'text': 'They turn our own tactics against us. At'}, {'start': '538.800', 'end': '543.040', 'text': "Krenva's reach, we lured them into an"}, {'start': '540.880', 'end': '545.360', 'text': 'asteroid field and primed it with fusion'}, {'start': '543.040', 'end': '547.040', 'text': 'mines. They lost half their fleet. And'}, {'start': '545.360', 'end': '549.360', 'text': 'then they used the debris as cover to'}, {'start': '547.040', 'end': '551.399', 'text': 'board our ships. By the end, our own'}, {'start': '549.360', 'end': '554.560', 'text': 'commanders were begging for'}, {'start': '551.399', 'end': '556.880', 'text': 'mercy. The memory hung heavy in the air.'}, {'start': '554.560', 'end': '558.560', 'text': "Krenva's reach had been a turning point,"}, {'start': '556.880', 'end': '560.279', 'text': 'a humiliation that shattered the'}, {'start': '558.560', 'end': '563.000', 'text': "Dominion's illusion of"}, {'start': '560.279', 'end': '565.680', 'text': "invincibility. The humans hadn't just"}, {'start': '563.000', 'end': '567.600', 'text': "survived. They'd thrived in the chaos."}, {'start': '565.680', 'end': '570.240', 'text': 'Their soldiers fighting handto hand in'}, {'start': '567.600', 'end': '572.399', 'text': 'the corridors of Zaraththeian vessels,'}, {'start': '570.240', 'end': '575.040', 'text': 'their screams echoing through comms'}, {'start': '572.399', 'end': '577.120', 'text': 'until the lines went silent.'}, {'start': '575.040', 'end': '579.760', 'text': 'The elders had watched the recordings in'}, {'start': '577.120', 'end': '582.320', 'text': 'stunned disbelief. Humans with broken'}, {'start': '579.760', 'end': '585.360', 'text': 'limbs still swinging humans bleeding out'}, {'start': '582.320', 'end': '587.959', 'text': 'but refusing to fall. Humans who laughed'}, {'start': '585.360', 'end': '591.360', 'text': 'as they died, taking their foes with'}, {'start': '587.959', 'end': '593.839', 'text': 'them. A sudden jolt rocked the chamber.'}, {'start': '591.360', 'end': '596.560', 'text': 'The spires swaying as a deep guttural'}, {'start': '593.839', 'end': '599.200', 'text': 'roar tore through the sky. The'}, {'start': '596.560', 'end': '602.320', 'text': 'holosphere flickered, then stabilized,'}, {'start': '599.200', 'end': '604.800', 'text': 'revealing a new image. A human drop pod'}, {'start': '602.320', 'end': '607.120', 'text': "crashing through Zerithus' outer shield,"}, {'start': '604.800', 'end': '609.279', 'text': 'its hull glowing red from atmospheric'}, {'start': '607.120', 'end': '611.519', 'text': 'entry. It struck the surface with a'}, {'start': '609.279', 'end': '613.680', 'text': 'plume of fire and dust, and within'}, {'start': '611.519', 'end': '615.680', 'text': 'moments, figures emerged, armored,'}, {'start': '613.680', 'end': '619.440', 'text': 'relentless, moving with purpose toward'}, {'start': '615.680', 'end': '622.079', 'text': 'the capital. The initiates gasped, some'}, {'start': '619.440', 'end': '624.560', 'text': 'collapsing to their knees. The humans'}, {'start': '622.079', 'end': '627.360', 'text': "weren't just at the gates anymore. They"}, {'start': '624.560', 'end': '630.560', 'text': "were inside. Kale's voice broke the"}, {'start': '627.360', 'end': '632.640', 'text': 'stunned silence low and resigned. They'}, {'start': '630.560', 'end': '635.440', 'text': "don't need fleets to win. They don't"}, {'start': '632.640', 'end': '638.079', 'text': 'need numbers. One human given a chance'}, {'start': '635.440', 'end': '640.480', 'text': 'can undo us all. We thought them weak'}, {'start': '638.079', 'end': '643.040', 'text': 'because they bleed because they die. But'}, {'start': '640.480', 'end': '645.040', 'text': "it's their mortality that fuels them."}, {'start': '643.040', 'end': '648.160', 'text': 'They know their time is short, so they'}, {'start': '645.040', 'end': '651.120', 'text': 'burn brighter than we ever could. Lyra'}, {'start': '648.160', 'end': '654.000', 'text': 'whirled on him, her eyes blazing. Then'}, {'start': '651.120', 'end': '656.720', 'text': 'what do we do? Kale stand here and wait'}, {'start': '654.000', 'end': '659.920', 'text': 'for the end. Preach philosophy while'}, {'start': '656.720', 'end': '662.800', 'text': 'they carve us apart. Her words were a'}, {'start': '659.920', 'end': '664.959', 'text': 'challenge, but beneath them lay a plea,'}, {'start': '662.800', 'end': '667.360', 'text': 'a desperate hope that the high elder had'}, {'start': '664.959', 'end': '668.279', 'text': 'some answer, some miracle to pull from'}, {'start': '667.360', 'end': '671.040', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '668.279', 'end': '672.720', 'text': 'ashes. Before Kel could respond, the'}, {'start': '671.040', 'end': '674.640', 'text': 'chamber doors burst open and a'}, {'start': '672.720', 'end': '676.839', 'text': 'breathless soldier stumbled in. His'}, {'start': '674.640', 'end': '679.360', 'text': 'armor cracked and smeared with violet'}, {'start': '676.839', 'end': '681.360', 'text': "blood. Hi, Elder. They've breached the"}, {'start': '679.360', 'end': '683.360', 'text': "lower districts. They're moving fast,"}, {'start': '681.360', 'end': '685.920', 'text': 'cutting through our lines like like'}, {'start': '683.360', 'end': '688.079', 'text': "nothing I've ever seen. They're chanting"}, {'start': '685.920', 'end': '689.880', 'text': "something for Earth for the fallen. It's"}, {'start': '688.079', 'end': '692.000', 'text': 'driving them mad.'}, {'start': '689.880', 'end': '693.920', 'text': 'Unstoppable. The soldiers words'}, {'start': '692.000', 'end': '697.279', 'text': 'dissolved into a sob and the chamber'}, {'start': '693.920', 'end': '699.839', 'text': 'erupted into chaos. Initiates screamed'}, {'start': '697.279', 'end': '702.000', 'text': 'elders shouted orders and the holosphere'}, {'start': '699.839', 'end': '704.800', 'text': 'flared with static as more drop pods'}, {'start': '702.000', 'end': '707.680', 'text': 'rained from the sky. Sllith stood'}, {'start': '704.800', 'end': '711.279', 'text': 'frozen, staring at the soldier, then at'}, {'start': '707.680', 'end': '713.680', 'text': 'the elders, her naive hope crumbling.'}, {'start': '711.279', 'end': '716.640', 'text': "The humans weren't just a threat. They"}, {'start': '713.680', 'end': '719.920', 'text': 'were a force of nature, a reckoning born'}, {'start': '716.640', 'end': '722.800', 'text': "from the Dominion's own arrogance. Kyle"}, {'start': '719.920', 'end': '724.959', 'text': 'raised a hand, silencing the room. His'}, {'start': '722.800', 'end': '726.760', 'text': 'voice was steady now, carrying a weight'}, {'start': '724.959', 'end': '729.200', 'text': 'that stilled even the soldiers'}, {'start': '726.760', 'end': '732.399', 'text': 'trembling. Gather the council and arm'}, {'start': '729.200', 'end': '735.040', 'text': 'the reserves. We fight, not because we'}, {'start': '732.399', 'end': '737.760', 'text': "can win, but because we must. They'll"}, {'start': '735.040', 'end': '740.880', 'text': "take Zerithus, but they'll pay for every"}, {'start': '737.760', 'end': '743.360', 'text': 'step in blood. As the chamber emptied,'}, {'start': '740.880', 'end': '745.959', 'text': 'the holosphere lingered on the unbroken.'}, {'start': '743.360', 'end': '748.399', 'text': 'Its crimson name, a scar against the'}, {'start': '745.959', 'end': '752.399', 'text': 'stars. The humans were here, and they'}, {'start': '748.399', 'end': '755.120', 'text': "weren't stopping. Not now, not ever. The"}, {'start': '752.399', 'end': '757.279', 'text': 'streets of Zerithus burned smoke, coiled'}, {'start': '755.120', 'end': '759.519', 'text': 'upward in thick, choking tendrils,'}, {'start': '757.279', 'end': '762.240', 'text': 'staining the violet sky with streaks of'}, {'start': '759.519', 'end': '764.560', 'text': "black. The capital's spires, once"}, {'start': '762.240', 'end': '767.200', 'text': 'symbols of eternal dominion, loomed like'}, {'start': '764.560', 'end': '769.760', 'text': 'broken sentinels over a city unraveling'}, {'start': '767.200', 'end': '772.079', 'text': 'at its seams. The humans moved through'}, {'start': '769.760', 'end': '773.079', 'text': 'the lower districts with a ferocity that'}, {'start': '772.079', 'end': '775.519', 'text': 'defied'}, {'start': '773.079', 'end': '777.040', 'text': 'comprehension. Small bands of soldiers,'}, {'start': '775.519', 'end': '779.519', 'text': 'ragged and bloodied, cut through'}, {'start': '777.040', 'end': '782.160', 'text': 'Zerathian defenses like a blade through'}, {'start': '779.519', 'end': '784.360', 'text': 'silk. Their weapons were crude, their'}, {'start': '782.160', 'end': '788.000', 'text': 'armor patched together from scavenged'}, {'start': '784.360', 'end': '790.360', 'text': 'parts. But their eyes, their eyes blazed'}, {'start': '788.000', 'end': '793.360', 'text': 'with something the Zerathians had never'}, {'start': '790.360', 'end': '796.000', 'text': 'understood. Purpose.'}, {'start': '793.360', 'end': '798.480', 'text': 'In the war room beneath the high spire,'}, {'start': '796.000', 'end': '800.320', 'text': 'Kale stood over a tactical grid, its'}, {'start': '798.480', 'end': '802.959', 'text': 'flickering lights painting his gaunt'}, {'start': '800.320', 'end': '805.839', 'text': 'face in shades of red and blue. The'}, {'start': '802.959', 'end': '808.480', 'text': 'council had assembled seven elders.'}, {'start': '805.839', 'end': '810.519', 'text': 'Their robes were tattered, their voices'}, {'start': '808.480', 'end': '812.959', 'text': 'overlapping in a cacophony of'}, {'start': '810.519', 'end': '815.680', 'text': 'desperation. The grid showed the humans'}, {'start': '812.959', 'end': '817.920', 'text': 'advancing block by block, their chaotic'}, {'start': '815.680', 'end': '819.600', 'text': 'movements somehow outpacing every'}, {'start': '817.920', 'end': '822.880', 'text': 'countermeasure the Dominion threw at'}, {'start': '819.600', 'end': '825.200', 'text': 'them. Drones fell from the sky in droves'}, {'start': '822.880', 'end': '827.279', 'text': 'shredded by human explosives. Ground'}, {'start': '825.200', 'end': '829.600', 'text': 'troops vanished under waves of gunfire'}, {'start': '827.279', 'end': '831.839', 'text': 'and steel. And still the invaders'}, {'start': '829.600', 'end': '834.079', 'text': 'pressed forward their numbers, seemingly'}, {'start': '831.839', 'end': '838.079', 'text': 'endless, despite the bodies piling in'}, {'start': '834.079', 'end': '840.360', 'text': 'their wake. Lyra paced behind Kale, her'}, {'start': '838.079', 'end': '843.440', 'text': 'hands trembling with barely contained'}, {'start': '840.360', 'end': '846.000', 'text': "rage. We've lost the southern quadrant."}, {'start': '843.440', 'end': '847.760', 'text': 'The shield generators are offline. They'}, {'start': '846.000', 'end': '850.639', 'text': 'blew them apart with their own ships'}, {'start': '847.760', 'end': '852.959', 'text': 'ramming them like beasts. Who does that?'}, {'start': '850.639', 'end': '855.040', 'text': 'Who sacrifices their own just to wound'}, {'start': '852.959', 'end': '857.120', 'text': 'us? Her voice cracked the weight of'}, {'start': '855.040', 'end': '859.440', 'text': 'their failure, pressing down on her.'}, {'start': '857.120', 'end': '861.120', 'text': "She'd spent centuries honing strategies,"}, {'start': '859.440', 'end': '863.959', 'text': 'commanding fleets, believing the'}, {'start': '861.120', 'end': '867.040', 'text': "Dominion's intellect could crush any"}, {'start': '863.959', 'end': '868.959', 'text': 'foe. Now she watched it all crumble'}, {'start': '867.040', 'end': '870.519', 'text': "against an enemy that didn't care about"}, {'start': '868.959', 'end': '873.920', 'text': 'logic or'}, {'start': '870.519', 'end': '876.000', 'text': "loss. Kale didn't look up from the grid."}, {'start': '873.920', 'end': '877.680', 'text': 'His fingers traced a line where a human'}, {'start': '876.000', 'end': '879.519', 'text': 'unit had broken through the eastern'}, {'start': '877.680', 'end': '881.079', 'text': 'barricade. their path marked by'}, {'start': '879.519', 'end': '883.800', 'text': 'flickering red'}, {'start': '881.079', 'end': '886.079', 'text': 'dots. Fallen Zerathian'}, {'start': '883.800', 'end': '888.519', 'text': 'soldiers. They do it because they have'}, {'start': '886.079', 'end': '891.839', 'text': 'nothing left to lose, he said'}, {'start': '888.519', 'end': '895.040', 'text': 'quietly. We took their homes, their kin,'}, {'start': '891.839', 'end': '898.000', 'text': "their future. What's a ship or a life"}, {'start': '895.040', 'end': '899.920', 'text': 'when all you have is vengeance? A young'}, {'start': '898.000', 'end': '902.560', 'text': 'counselor, Demar, slammed his fist'}, {'start': '899.920', 'end': '904.959', 'text': 'against the table, his glowing eyes wild'}, {'start': '902.560', 'end': '907.760', 'text': "with panic. Then why didn't we finish"}, {'start': '904.959', 'end': '909.839', 'text': "them when we had the chance? Why didn't"}, {'start': '907.760', 'end': '913.120', 'text': 'we burn their world to cinders and be'}, {'start': '909.839', 'end': '915.360', 'text': 'done with it? This this half measure.'}, {'start': '913.120', 'end': '917.839', 'text': "It's why they're here now. His words"}, {'start': '915.360', 'end': '920.959', 'text': 'were a snarl, but beneath them lay a'}, {'start': '917.839', 'end': '922.560', 'text': 'tremor of guilt. Demar had been among'}, {'start': '920.959', 'end': '924.480', 'text': "those who'd voted for the initial"}, {'start': '922.560', 'end': '927.279', 'text': "strikes, who'd laughed at the idea of"}, {'start': '924.480', 'end': '930.000', 'text': 'humans posing a threat. Now he stood in'}, {'start': '927.279', 'end': '932.880', 'text': 'a room drowning in the consequences. LRA'}, {'start': '930.000', 'end': '934.800', 'text': 'rounded on him, her voice a whip crack.'}, {'start': '932.880', 'end': '937.360', 'text': 'Because we thought them beneath us,'}, {'start': '934.800', 'end': '940.000', 'text': 'Demar, we wanted their labor and their'}, {'start': '937.360', 'end': '941.600', 'text': 'resources, not their extinction. We'}, {'start': '940.000', 'end': '944.959', 'text': 'thought we could leash them and break'}, {'start': '941.600', 'end': '947.519', 'text': 'their spirits. Instead, we lit a fire we'}, {'start': '944.959', 'end': '949.360', 'text': "can't put out. She gestured to the grid"}, {'start': '947.519', 'end': '952.240', 'text': 'where another cluster of Zarathian'}, {'start': '949.360', 'end': '955.839', 'text': 'defenses blinked out. Look at them. Do'}, {'start': '952.240', 'end': '958.160', 'text': 'they seem broken to you? Before, Dear'}, {'start': '955.839', 'end': '960.880', 'text': 'could retort, a low rumble shook the war'}, {'start': '958.160', 'end': '963.199', 'text': 'room, the walls groaning as dust rained'}, {'start': '960.880', 'end': '965.680', 'text': 'from the ceiling. The grid flared with'}, {'start': '963.199', 'end': '968.399', 'text': 'static, then refocused on a live feed'}, {'start': '965.680', 'end': '970.240', 'text': 'from the eastern front. A human figure'}, {'start': '968.399', 'end': '972.880', 'text': 'stood at top a shattered barricade'}, {'start': '970.240', 'end': '975.120', 'text': 'silhouetted against the flames. He was'}, {'start': '972.880', 'end': '977.519', 'text': 'tall and broad-shouldered, his armor'}, {'start': '975.120', 'end': '980.160', 'text': 'dented and smeared with violet blood. In'}, {'start': '977.519', 'end': '982.320', 'text': 'one hand, he held a jagged blade. In the'}, {'start': '980.160', 'end': '985.839', 'text': 'other, a battleworn banner bearing a'}, {'start': '982.320', 'end': '988.560', 'text': 'blue and green sphere. Earth. Behind'}, {'start': '985.839', 'end': '990.399', 'text': 'him, more humans emerged from the smoke.'}, {'start': '988.560', 'end': '992.360', 'text': 'Their voices rising in a chant that'}, {'start': '990.399', 'end': '994.880', 'text': 'carried even through the feed for the'}, {'start': '992.360', 'end': '996.639', 'text': "earth. For the fallen Nai, who'd"}, {'start': '994.880', 'end': '998.320', 'text': 'followed the elders from the chamber,'}, {'start': '996.639', 'end': '1001.120', 'text': 'stood at the edge of the room, her'}, {'start': '998.320', 'end': '1002.720', 'text': "breath catching as she watched. She'd"}, {'start': '1001.120', 'end': '1006.279', 'text': 'trained her whole life to serve the'}, {'start': '1002.720', 'end': '1009.600', 'text': 'dominion to uphold its order, its'}, {'start': '1006.279', 'end': '1011.920', 'text': 'perfection. But this, this was chaos,'}, {'start': '1009.600', 'end': '1015.399', 'text': "incarnate, a force that didn't bend to"}, {'start': '1011.920', 'end': '1018.240', 'text': 'reason or mercy. she whispered almost to'}, {'start': '1015.399', 'end': '1019.399', 'text': 'herself. Kel glanced at her, his'}, {'start': '1018.240', 'end': '1022.000', 'text': 'expression'}, {'start': '1019.399', 'end': '1024.319', 'text': 'unreadable. They fight from memory, he'}, {'start': '1022.000', 'end': '1026.319', 'text': 'said, "For every soul we took from them.'}, {'start': '1024.319', 'end': '1028.720', 'text': "That's why they won't stop. That's why"}, {'start': '1026.319', 'end': '1030.480', 'text': 'they can\'t." The feed shifted again,'}, {'start': '1028.720', 'end': '1033.439', 'text': 'showing a closer view of the human'}, {'start': '1030.480', 'end': '1035.600', 'text': 'leader. His face was scarred, one eye'}, {'start': '1033.439', 'end': '1037.679', 'text': 'hidden beneath a crude patch, but his'}, {'start': '1035.600', 'end': '1040.199', 'text': 'gaze burned with an intensity that made'}, {'start': '1037.679', 'end': '1042.959', 'text': 'even Lyra falter. He raised the flag'}, {'start': '1040.199', 'end': '1045.199', 'text': 'higher, shouting words the Zeraththeians'}, {'start': '1042.959', 'end': '1047.760', 'text': "couldn't translate, and his soldiers"}, {'start': '1045.199', 'end': '1050.720', 'text': 'roared in response, surging forward into'}, {'start': '1047.760', 'end': '1053.280', 'text': 'the next line of defenses. Plasma bolts'}, {'start': '1050.720', 'end': '1056.000', 'text': 'lit the air, and drones swooped down.'}, {'start': '1053.280', 'end': '1058.320', 'text': "But the humans didn't falter. They"}, {'start': '1056.000', 'end': '1061.000', 'text': 'climbed over their own dead, using the'}, {'start': '1058.320', 'end': '1063.600', 'text': 'bodies as shields, their advance'}, {'start': '1061.000', 'end': '1066.000', 'text': 'unbroken. A soldier burst into the war'}, {'start': '1063.600', 'end': '1067.840', 'text': 'room, his armor scorched his voice'}, {'start': '1066.000', 'end': '1070.240', 'text': 'horse.'}, {'start': '1067.840', 'end': '1072.160', 'text': "They've reached the mid tier. The"}, {'start': '1070.240', 'end': '1075.679', 'text': "reserves are falling. They're cutting"}, {'start': '1072.160', 'end': '1078.080', 'text': "through us too fast. We can't hold them."}, {'start': '1075.679', 'end': '1080.400', 'text': 'He collapsed, gasping, and the'}, {'start': '1078.080', 'end': '1082.799', 'text': 'counselors erupted into shouts. Some'}, {'start': '1080.400', 'end': '1085.520', 'text': 'calling for evacuation, others for a'}, {'start': '1082.799', 'end': '1088.240', 'text': 'final stand. Kale raised a hand,'}, {'start': '1085.520', 'end': '1090.520', 'text': 'silencing them once more. His voice was'}, {'start': '1088.240', 'end': '1093.200', 'text': 'calm, but it carried the weight of'}, {'start': '1090.520', 'end': '1095.520', 'text': 'inevitability. Send the signal. Activate'}, {'start': '1093.200', 'end': '1098.320', 'text': 'the core defenses. If they want'}, {'start': '1095.520', 'end': '1101.760', 'text': "Zerithus, they'll bleed for it. Every"}, {'start': '1098.320', 'end': '1103.919', 'text': "step, every breath they'll pay. LRA"}, {'start': '1101.760', 'end': '1105.000', 'text': 'stared at him, her anger giving way to'}, {'start': '1103.919', 'end': '1109.039', 'text': 'something'}, {'start': '1105.000', 'end': '1112.480', 'text': 'colder. And us. What do we pay Kale for'}, {'start': '1109.039', 'end': '1114.480', 'text': "starting this? He didn't answer. The"}, {'start': '1112.480', 'end': '1116.640', 'text': 'grid pulsed red as the humans drew'}, {'start': '1114.480', 'end': '1119.840', 'text': 'closer, their chant echoing through the'}, {'start': '1116.640', 'end': '1122.320', 'text': 'feed. A promise and a curse woven into'}, {'start': '1119.840', 'end': '1124.400', 'text': 'every word. The elders had warned them,'}, {'start': '1122.320', 'end': '1127.039', 'text': 'but no one had listened. And now the'}, {'start': '1124.400', 'end': '1129.360', 'text': 'reckoning was here. The core defenses'}, {'start': '1127.039', 'end': '1131.520', 'text': 'roared to life, a deep thrming that'}, {'start': '1129.360', 'end': '1133.360', 'text': 'shook the foundations of Zerithus.'}, {'start': '1131.520', 'end': '1135.840', 'text': 'Beneath the high spire, ancient'}, {'start': '1133.360', 'end': '1137.600', 'text': 'mechanisms forged in an era when the'}, {'start': '1135.840', 'end': '1140.120', 'text': 'Dominion still fought its wars with'}, {'start': '1137.600', 'end': '1143.200', 'text': 'blood and steel awoke from their'}, {'start': '1140.120', 'end': '1145.600', 'text': 'slumber. Massive turrets rose from the'}, {'start': '1143.200', 'end': '1148.720', 'text': 'earth. Their barrels glowing with the'}, {'start': '1145.600', 'end': '1151.520', 'text': 'violet fire of plasma coils. Shield'}, {'start': '1148.720', 'end': '1153.440', 'text': 'walls snapped into place. shimmering'}, {'start': '1151.520', 'end': '1156.559', 'text': 'barriers that split the mid-tier'}, {'start': '1153.440', 'end': '1159.120', 'text': 'districts into a labyrinth of death. For'}, {'start': '1156.559', 'end': '1161.280', 'text': 'a moment, the war room held its breath,'}, {'start': '1159.120', 'end': '1163.840', 'text': 'the tactical grid showing a flicker of'}, {'start': '1161.280', 'end': '1166.559', 'text': 'hope as the human advance slowed against'}, {'start': '1163.840', 'end': '1168.720', 'text': 'the onslaught. Kyle watched the grid,'}, {'start': '1166.559', 'end': '1171.200', 'text': 'his skeletal hands clasped behind his'}, {'start': '1168.720', 'end': '1173.919', 'text': 'back. The red dots marking the humans'}, {'start': '1171.200', 'end': '1176.240', 'text': 'pulsed erratically. Some winked out,'}, {'start': '1173.919', 'end': '1178.000', 'text': 'consumed by the turrets barges, but'}, {'start': '1176.240', 'end': '1180.000', 'text': 'others pressed forward, weaving through'}, {'start': '1178.000', 'end': '1182.559', 'text': 'the chaos with a tenacity that bordered'}, {'start': '1180.000', 'end': '1184.400', 'text': 'on madness. He could hear their distant'}, {'start': '1182.559', 'end': '1186.000', 'text': 'shouts through the feed, muffled but'}, {'start': '1184.400', 'end': '1188.400', 'text': 'unrelenting for the earth, for the'}, {'start': '1186.000', 'end': '1190.720', 'text': 'fallen. Each word was a hammer against'}, {'start': '1188.400', 'end': '1192.320', 'text': 'the Zarathians fragile morale, a'}, {'start': '1190.720', 'end': '1195.120', 'text': 'reminder of the sins that had brought'}, {'start': '1192.320', 'end': '1197.280', 'text': 'this storm to their doorstep. Vera stood'}, {'start': '1195.120', 'end': '1199.919', 'text': 'beside him, her eyes fixed on the'}, {'start': '1197.280', 'end': '1202.760', 'text': 'flickering shield readings.'}, {'start': '1199.919', 'end': '1204.880', 'text': 'It\'s working," she muttered, almost'}, {'start': '1202.760', 'end': '1208.080', 'text': 'disbelieving. "The core lines are'}, {'start': '1204.880', 'end': '1211.039', 'text': "holding. They're dying out there. Maybe,"}, {'start': '1208.080', 'end': '1213.039', 'text': 'maybe we can push them back." Her voice'}, {'start': '1211.039', 'end': '1215.440', 'text': 'trembled with a desperate edge, clinging'}, {'start': '1213.039', 'end': '1217.919', 'text': "to the possibility of survival. She'd"}, {'start': '1215.440', 'end': '1220.880', 'text': 'seen too many battles lost, too many'}, {'start': '1217.919', 'end': '1224.240', 'text': 'comrades fall to fully trust the moment.'}, {'start': '1220.880', 'end': '1226.240', 'text': 'But the grid didn\'t lie. "Not yet."'}, {'start': '1224.240', 'end': '1228.080', 'text': "Silth lingered near the soldier who'd"}, {'start': '1226.240', 'end': '1231.360', 'text': 'collapsed, tending to his wounds with'}, {'start': '1228.080', 'end': '1233.200', 'text': 'shaking hands. His breaths were shallow'}, {'start': '1231.360', 'end': '1235.840', 'text': 'and his armor cracked open like an'}, {'start': '1233.200', 'end': '1239.200', 'text': 'eggshell. But he grabbed her wrist, his'}, {'start': '1235.840', 'end': '1242.320', 'text': "voice a rasp. You don't get it. They're"}, {'start': '1239.200', 'end': '1244.799', 'text': 'not dying. Not enough. I saw them'}, {'start': '1242.320', 'end': '1246.640', 'text': 'crawling, bleeding, and still fighting.'}, {'start': '1244.799', 'end': '1249.039', 'text': 'One of them took a plasma bolt to the'}, {'start': '1246.640', 'end': '1251.480', 'text': 'chest and kept coming. Kept swinging'}, {'start': '1249.039', 'end': '1254.400', 'text': 'till I cut him down.'}, {'start': '1251.480', 'end': '1257.600', 'text': 'Myself. He coughed violet blood flecking'}, {'start': '1254.400', 'end': '1260.480', 'text': "his lips. They're not like us. They"}, {'start': '1257.600', 'end': '1262.320', 'text': "don't stop. Her glowing eyes widened,"}, {'start': '1260.480', 'end': '1264.720', 'text': "the soldier's words sinking into her"}, {'start': '1262.320', 'end': '1266.720', 'text': 'like a blade. She glanced at the grid'}, {'start': '1264.720', 'end': '1268.679', 'text': 'where the human dots were indeed'}, {'start': '1266.720', 'end': '1271.200', 'text': 'thinning but not'}, {'start': '1268.679', 'end': '1272.799', 'text': 'vanishing. They shifted and adapted,'}, {'start': '1271.200', 'end': '1275.039', 'text': 'splitting into smaller groups that'}, {'start': '1272.799', 'end': '1277.360', 'text': 'darted through gaps in the shield walls,'}, {'start': '1275.039', 'end': '1278.840', 'text': 'exploiting every weakness with a speed'}, {'start': '1277.360', 'end': '1281.919', 'text': 'that defied their'}, {'start': '1278.840', 'end': '1285.440', 'text': 'losses. She whispered, "How do they do'}, {'start': '1281.919', 'end': '1288.720', 'text': 'it? How do they keep going?" Kale heard'}, {'start': '1285.440', 'end': '1290.880', 'text': "her though he didn't turn because they"}, {'start': '1288.720', 'end': '1294.159', 'text': 'believe he said his tone heavy with'}, {'start': '1290.880', 'end': '1296.760', 'text': 'something like awe. We fight for order'}, {'start': '1294.159', 'end': '1299.200', 'text': 'for legacy. They fight for something'}, {'start': '1296.760', 'end': '1303.880', 'text': 'raw, something we stamped out of'}, {'start': '1299.200', 'end': '1306.320', 'text': 'ourselves long ago. Faith, rage,'}, {'start': '1303.880', 'end': '1309.520', 'text': "love. It's all the same to them now,"}, {'start': '1306.320', 'end': '1312.559', 'text': "fused into a fire we can't quench. A"}, {'start': '1309.520', 'end': '1314.400', 'text': 'sudden crack split the air. the war room'}, {'start': '1312.559', 'end': '1316.640', 'text': 'trembling as the grid flared with'}, {'start': '1314.400', 'end': '1319.200', 'text': 'warnings. One of the shield walls had'}, {'start': '1316.640', 'end': '1320.960', 'text': 'fallen blown apart by a human explosive,'}, {'start': '1319.200', 'end': '1323.600', 'text': 'its wreckage raining down on the'}, {'start': '1320.960', 'end': '1325.919', 'text': 'defenders below. The feed snapped to the'}, {'start': '1323.600', 'end': '1328.960', 'text': 'breach, revealing a scene that silenced'}, {'start': '1325.919', 'end': '1331.440', 'text': "even Lyra's fragile hope. A human woman,"}, {'start': '1328.960', 'end': '1334.320', 'text': 'her armor scorched and one arm hanging'}, {'start': '1331.440', 'end': '1336.960', 'text': 'limp, stood amid the rubble, a detonator'}, {'start': '1334.320', 'end': '1339.280', 'text': 'clutched in her remaining hand.'}, {'start': '1336.960', 'end': '1341.520', 'text': 'Behind her, her squad poured through the'}, {'start': '1339.280', 'end': '1344.640', 'text': 'gap, their weapons blazing as they'}, {'start': '1341.520', 'end': '1346.799', 'text': 'carved a path deeper into the city. She'}, {'start': '1344.640', 'end': '1349.440', 'text': 'staggered, blood streaming from a gash'}, {'start': '1346.799', 'end': '1352.799', 'text': 'across her face, but her lips moved in a'}, {'start': '1349.440', 'end': '1355.480', 'text': 'silent chant. For Earth, for the fallen'}, {'start': '1352.799', 'end': '1358.080', 'text': 'before she collapsed, her sacrifice was'}, {'start': '1355.480', 'end': '1361.520', 'text': 'complete. Dear stumbled back from the'}, {'start': '1358.080', 'end': '1364.080', 'text': "grid, his voice a broken cry. They're"}, {'start': '1361.520', 'end': '1366.080', 'text': 'insane. They throw themselves at us like'}, {'start': '1364.080', 'end': '1367.720', 'text': "like it's nothing. What are we supposed"}, {'start': '1366.080', 'end': '1370.720', 'text': 'to do against'}, {'start': '1367.720', 'end': '1372.720', 'text': 'that? His earlier bravado was gone,'}, {'start': '1370.720', 'end': '1375.280', 'text': 'replaced by a terror that mirrored the'}, {'start': '1372.720', 'end': '1376.799', 'text': 'soldiers haunted stare. The counselors'}, {'start': '1375.280', 'end': '1379.120', 'text': 'murmured among themselves, some'}, {'start': '1376.799', 'end': '1381.400', 'text': 'clutching their robes, others staring'}, {'start': '1379.120', 'end': '1384.480', 'text': 'blankly at the feet as the humans surged'}, {'start': '1381.400', 'end': '1387.360', 'text': "closer. Lyra's hands balled into fists,"}, {'start': '1384.480', 'end': '1389.440', 'text': 'her nails digging into her palms. "We'}, {'start': '1387.360', 'end': '1392.159', 'text': 'kill them," she snarled. "Every last'}, {'start': '1389.440', 'end': '1393.760', 'text': 'one. If they want to die for their dirt'}, {'start': '1392.159', 'end': '1395.760', 'text': "ball planet, we'll give them what they"}, {'start': '1393.760', 'end': '1398.720', 'text': 'want." But her words rang hollow,'}, {'start': '1395.760', 'end': '1400.559', 'text': 'undercut by the tremor in her voice. She'}, {'start': '1398.720', 'end': '1403.280', 'text': 'knew they all knew that the humans'}, {'start': '1400.559', 'end': '1405.360', 'text': "weren't just dying. They were winning."}, {'start': '1403.280', 'end': '1407.159', 'text': 'The grid pulsed again, showing the'}, {'start': '1405.360', 'end': '1409.679', 'text': 'unbroken descending through the'}, {'start': '1407.159', 'end': '1411.559', 'text': 'atmosphere. Its jagged hull cutting'}, {'start': '1409.679', 'end': '1414.960', 'text': "through the smoke like a predator's"}, {'start': '1411.559', 'end': '1416.960', 'text': "claw. It didn't fire, didn't engage,"}, {'start': '1414.960', 'end': '1419.679', 'text': 'just hovered a silent promise of what'}, {'start': '1416.960', 'end': '1422.080', 'text': 'was to come. The sight broke something'}, {'start': '1419.679', 'end': '1424.400', 'text': 'in the room. A counselor sobbed and'}, {'start': '1422.080', 'end': '1427.039', 'text': 'another fled toward the door only to be'}, {'start': '1424.400', 'end': '1431.200', 'text': 'dragged back by Nai who shouted, "We'}, {'start': '1427.039', 'end': '1434.600', 'text': 'can\'t run. Not now." Kyle finally turned'}, {'start': '1431.200', 'end': '1438.240', 'text': 'from the grid, his eyes meeting hers.'}, {'start': '1434.600', 'end': '1441.600', 'text': '"No!" he agreed, his voice steady, but'}, {'start': '1438.240', 'end': '1444.640', 'text': 'laced with sorrow. "We can\'t run, but we'}, {'start': '1441.600', 'end': '1446.799', 'text': 'can\'t win either. Not like this," he'}, {'start': '1444.640', 'end': '1449.360', 'text': 'gestured to the soldier, then to the'}, {'start': '1446.799', 'end': '1451.360', 'text': "feed. They've already paid more than we"}, {'start': '1449.360', 'end': '1453.520', 'text': "ever could, and they're still coming."}, {'start': '1451.360', 'end': '1455.600', 'text': 'The turrets fired again, their violet'}, {'start': '1453.520', 'end': '1458.960', 'text': 'light painting the sky, but the human'}, {'start': '1455.600', 'end': '1461.760', 'text': 'dots kept moving. Fewer now, but no less'}, {'start': '1458.960', 'end': '1464.039', 'text': 'determined. The unbroken loomed larger,'}, {'start': '1461.760', 'end': '1467.039', 'text': 'its shadow falling over the high'}, {'start': '1464.039', 'end': '1469.120', 'text': 'spire. The war room fell silent, save'}, {'start': '1467.039', 'end': '1472.159', 'text': 'for the soldiers ragged breaths and the'}, {'start': '1469.120', 'end': '1475.360', 'text': 'distant, unstoppable chant. The elders'}, {'start': '1472.159', 'end': '1476.880', 'text': 'had warned them. No one had listened.'}, {'start': '1475.360', 'end': '1479.039', 'text': 'And now the humans were at their'}, {'start': '1476.880', 'end': '1481.600', 'text': 'throats. The shadow of the unbroken'}, {'start': '1479.039', 'end': '1483.600', 'text': 'stretched across the high spire. A dark'}, {'start': '1481.600', 'end': '1486.480', 'text': 'stain that swallowed the violet glow of'}, {'start': '1483.600', 'end': '1488.559', 'text': 'the crystal towers. From the war room,'}, {'start': '1486.480', 'end': '1490.480', 'text': 'the elders could feel its presence await'}, {'start': '1488.559', 'end': '1492.880', 'text': 'pressing down on their chests as if the'}, {'start': '1490.480', 'end': '1493.720', 'text': 'ship itself were a living thing, hungry'}, {'start': '1492.880', 'end': '1496.240', 'text': 'and'}, {'start': '1493.720', 'end': '1498.640', 'text': 'inevitable. The tactical grid flickered'}, {'start': '1496.240', 'end': '1501.120', 'text': 'its lights, dimming as power faltered'}, {'start': '1498.640', 'end': '1503.200', 'text': 'across the city. The core defenses still'}, {'start': '1501.120', 'end': '1506.000', 'text': 'blazed, tearing into the human ranks'}, {'start': '1503.200', 'end': '1509.200', 'text': 'below. But the red dots kept creeping'}, {'start': '1506.000', 'end': '1511.120', 'text': 'forward, relentless as a rising tide.'}, {'start': '1509.200', 'end': '1513.360', 'text': 'The turrets roars were drowned out by'}, {'start': '1511.120', 'end': '1516.400', 'text': 'the chant echoing through the streets'}, {'start': '1513.360', 'end': '1518.880', 'text': "for earth for the fallen. It wasn't just"}, {'start': '1516.400', 'end': '1521.000', 'text': 'a battle cry anymore. It was a heartbeat'}, {'start': '1518.880', 'end': '1523.840', 'text': 'pulsing through the bones of'}, {'start': '1521.000', 'end': '1526.240', 'text': 'Zerithus. Kale stood at the grid, his'}, {'start': '1523.840', 'end': '1528.240', 'text': 'composure cracking at last, his hands'}, {'start': '1526.240', 'end': '1529.840', 'text': "trembled as he traced the human's path"}, {'start': '1528.240', 'end': '1532.799', 'text': 'now less than a kilometer from the'}, {'start': '1529.840', 'end': '1535.679', 'text': "spire's base. They're too close, he"}, {'start': '1532.799', 'end': '1540.799', 'text': 'murmured almost to himself. The reserves'}, {'start': '1535.679', 'end': '1543.760', 'text': 'are gone. The mid tier is lost. How? How'}, {'start': '1540.799', 'end': '1546.080', 'text': 'do they still have so many? His voice'}, {'start': '1543.760', 'end': '1548.640', 'text': 'carried quiet disbelief, as if the'}, {'start': '1546.080', 'end': '1551.840', 'text': 'numbers defied not just strategy, but'}, {'start': '1548.640', 'end': '1553.840', 'text': "reality itself. He'd seen wars before,"}, {'start': '1551.840', 'end': '1556.640', 'text': 'centuries of them, but nothing like'}, {'start': '1553.840', 'end': '1558.640', 'text': 'this. Nothing that gnawed at the soul as'}, {'start': '1556.640', 'end': '1560.480', 'text': 'much as the body.'}, {'start': '1558.640', 'end': '1562.799', 'text': 'Lyra slammed her fist against the'}, {'start': '1560.480', 'end': '1565.520', 'text': "console, the impact jarring the grid's"}, {'start': '1562.799', 'end': '1567.440', 'text': 'display. "Because they don\'t care," she'}, {'start': '1565.520', 'end': '1570.080', 'text': 'shouted, her voice raw with exhaustion'}, {'start': '1567.440', 'end': '1572.480', 'text': 'and fury. "They don\'t count their dead.'}, {'start': '1570.080', 'end': '1575.279', 'text': "They don't mourn. They just keep coming."}, {'start': '1572.480', 'end': '1577.840', 'text': "We've killed thousands. Kale thousands,"}, {'start': '1575.279', 'end': '1579.919', 'text': 'and it\'s not enough." She gestured to'}, {'start': '1577.840', 'end': '1582.000', 'text': 'the feed where human soldiers clambored'}, {'start': '1579.919', 'end': '1584.240', 'text': 'over the wreckage of a fallen turret.'}, {'start': '1582.000', 'end': '1586.640', 'text': 'Their armor riddled with holes, their'}, {'start': '1584.240', 'end': '1588.960', 'text': 'faces smeared with blood and ash. One of'}, {'start': '1586.640', 'end': '1591.039', 'text': 'them, a young man with wild eyes,'}, {'start': '1588.960', 'end': '1593.039', 'text': 'dragged a wounded comrade forward,'}, {'start': '1591.039', 'end': '1595.200', 'text': 'firing with one hand while the other,'}, {'start': '1593.039', 'end': '1596.760', 'text': "gripped his brother in arms. They didn't"}, {'start': '1595.200', 'end': '1599.360', 'text': "stop. They didn't"}, {'start': '1596.760', 'end': '1601.679', 'text': 'falter. Silith knelt beside the wounded'}, {'start': '1599.360', 'end': '1603.760', 'text': 'soldier. Her hands stained with his'}, {'start': '1601.679', 'end': '1606.240', 'text': 'violet blood as she tried to staunch his'}, {'start': '1603.760', 'end': '1608.720', 'text': 'wounds. He was fading, his breath'}, {'start': '1606.240', 'end': '1611.360', 'text': 'shallow, but his eyes locked onto hers'}, {'start': '1608.720', 'end': '1613.919', 'text': 'with a desperate clarity. "I saw their'}, {'start': '1611.360', 'end': '1617.919', 'text': 'leader," he rasped. The one with the'}, {'start': '1613.919', 'end': '1619.000', 'text': 'flag, scarred face, one eye. He walked'}, {'start': '1617.919', 'end': '1622.240', 'text': 'through the'}, {'start': '1619.000', 'end': '1624.960', 'text': "fire. Didn't flinch. They follow him"}, {'start': '1622.240', 'end': '1628.080', 'text': "like like he's more than human, like"}, {'start': '1624.960', 'end': '1630.640', 'text': "he's their soul. He coughed, choking on"}, {'start': '1628.080', 'end': '1633.279', 'text': 'the words, then went still. Silith'}, {'start': '1630.640', 'end': '1635.400', 'text': 'stared at him, her hands frozen, the'}, {'start': '1633.279', 'end': '1638.400', 'text': 'weight of his final breath sinking into'}, {'start': '1635.400', 'end': '1640.880', 'text': 'her. The feed crackled, shifting to a'}, {'start': '1638.400', 'end': '1643.200', 'text': 'new angle. the base of the spire where'}, {'start': '1640.880', 'end': '1646.400', 'text': 'the scarred human leader stood amidst'}, {'start': '1643.200', 'end': '1648.799', 'text': 'the chaos. His flag was planted in the'}, {'start': '1646.400', 'end': '1651.760', 'text': 'ground, its tattered edges snapping in'}, {'start': '1648.799', 'end': '1654.320', 'text': 'the wind as plasma bolts streaked past.'}, {'start': '1651.760', 'end': '1656.400', 'text': 'He barked orders, his voice a grally'}, {'start': '1654.320', 'end': '1658.360', 'text': 'roar that cut through the den, and his'}, {'start': '1656.400', 'end': '1660.799', 'text': 'soldiers obeyed without'}, {'start': '1658.360', 'end': '1663.120', 'text': 'hesitation. They formed a ragged line'}, {'start': '1660.799', 'end': '1665.279', 'text': 'shielding him as they advanced, their'}, {'start': '1663.120', 'end': '1668.480', 'text': 'bodies falling one by one to protect'}, {'start': '1665.279', 'end': '1671.520', 'text': "their commander. He didn't waver, didn't"}, {'start': '1668.480', 'end': '1674.000', 'text': 'glance at the dead, just kept moving.'}, {'start': '1671.520', 'end': '1676.440', 'text': 'His single eye fixed on the spirelike.'}, {'start': '1674.000', 'end': '1679.120', 'text': 'It was the only thing left in the'}, {'start': '1676.440', 'end': '1681.760', 'text': 'universe. Taran, the young counselor,'}, {'start': '1679.120', 'end': '1685.760', 'text': 'sank into a chair, his hands clawing at'}, {'start': '1681.760', 'end': '1687.760', 'text': 'his face. "We\'re done," he whispered.'}, {'start': '1685.760', 'end': '1690.320', 'text': '"They\'ll tear us apart piece by piece,'}, {'start': '1687.760', 'end': '1693.120', 'text': "and there's nothing we can do. We should"}, {'start': '1690.320', 'end': '1695.200', 'text': 'have listened. We should have." His'}, {'start': '1693.120', 'end': '1697.520', 'text': 'voice broke into a sob and the other'}, {'start': '1695.200', 'end': '1698.520', 'text': 'counselors turned away, their own'}, {'start': '1697.520', 'end': '1701.200', 'text': 'resolve'}, {'start': '1698.520', 'end': '1704.320', 'text': 'fraying. One of them, an older female'}, {'start': '1701.200', 'end': '1706.399', 'text': 'named Orin, muttered a prayer to gods.'}, {'start': '1704.320', 'end': '1709.919', 'text': 'The Dominion had long since abandoned'}, {'start': '1706.399', 'end': '1712.480', 'text': 'her words, trembling in the air. Lyra'}, {'start': '1709.919', 'end': '1714.200', 'text': 'whirled on Kale, her eyes blazing with a'}, {'start': '1712.480', 'end': '1716.799', 'text': 'mix of defiance and'}, {'start': '1714.200', 'end': '1719.200', 'text': "despair. We can't just wait here."}, {'start': '1716.799', 'end': '1722.240', 'text': "Activate the spire's fail safe. Detonate"}, {'start': '1719.200', 'end': '1725.120', 'text': 'the core. If they want Zerithus, let'}, {'start': '1722.240', 'end': '1728.240', 'text': 'them choke on the ashes. Her suggestion'}, {'start': '1725.120', 'end': '1730.720', 'text': 'hung like a blade, sharp and final. The'}, {'start': '1728.240', 'end': '1732.320', 'text': 'failafe was a last resort, a fusion'}, {'start': '1730.720', 'end': '1735.520', 'text': 'cascade that would obliterate the'}, {'start': '1732.320', 'end': '1737.919', 'text': 'capital and everything within a 100 km.'}, {'start': '1735.520', 'end': '1741.120', 'text': 'It was suicide, but it might take the'}, {'start': '1737.919', 'end': '1744.080', 'text': "humans with them. Kyle's gaze shifted to"}, {'start': '1741.120', 'end': '1748.159', 'text': 'her heavy with the burden of centuries.'}, {'start': '1744.080', 'end': '1750.000', 'text': 'And what then? Lra, we die. They die.'}, {'start': '1748.159', 'end': '1751.000', 'text': 'and the rest of their kind come for'}, {'start': '1750.000', 'end': '1754.000', 'text': "what's"}, {'start': '1751.000', 'end': '1756.200', 'text': 'left. Do you think this ends with us?'}, {'start': '1754.000', 'end': '1759.520', 'text': 'This is their vengeance, not their'}, {'start': '1756.200', 'end': '1761.760', 'text': 'victory. More will rise. He shook his'}, {'start': '1759.520', 'end': '1764.960', 'text': 'head, a bitter smile tugging at his'}, {'start': '1761.760', 'end': '1767.679', 'text': "lips. We lit this fire. We don't get to"}, {'start': '1764.960', 'end': '1769.840', 'text': 'choose how it burns. Before LRA could'}, {'start': '1767.679', 'end': '1772.320', 'text': 'argue, the war room shuttered a deep'}, {'start': '1769.840', 'end': '1774.480', 'text': 'crack, splitting the ceiling. Dust and'}, {'start': '1772.320', 'end': '1776.720', 'text': 'debris rained down, and the grid went'}, {'start': '1774.480', 'end': '1778.399', 'text': 'dark for a moment before flickering back'}, {'start': '1776.720', 'end': '1780.559', 'text': 'to life.'}, {'start': '1778.399', 'end': '1782.640', 'text': "The humans were at the spire's gates,"}, {'start': '1780.559', 'end': '1784.720', 'text': 'battering them with salvaged cannons,'}, {'start': '1782.640', 'end': '1786.799', 'text': 'their scarred leader at the forefront.'}, {'start': '1784.720', 'end': '1788.720', 'text': 'He raised his blade, shouting something'}, {'start': '1786.799', 'end': '1790.960', 'text': 'that rallied his troops into a frenzy,'}, {'start': '1788.720', 'end': '1793.440', 'text': 'and the gates buckled under the assault.'}, {'start': '1790.960', 'end': '1796.080', 'text': 'Zariah stood, her voice cutting through'}, {'start': '1793.440', 'end': '1798.640', 'text': "the panic. If we can't stop them, we can"}, {'start': '1796.080', 'end': '1800.520', 'text': 'slow them. By time, get the civilians'}, {'start': '1798.640', 'end': '1803.440', 'text': "out. There's still a chance for some of"}, {'start': '1800.520', 'end': '1805.279', 'text': 'us. Her words were naive and desperate,'}, {'start': '1803.440', 'end': '1808.080', 'text': 'but they sparked a flicker of purpose in'}, {'start': '1805.279', 'end': '1810.480', 'text': 'the room. The counselors hesitated, then'}, {'start': '1808.080', 'end': '1813.039', 'text': 'nodded, grasping at the slim hope she'}, {'start': '1810.480', 'end': '1814.679', 'text': 'offered. Kale looked at her, then at the'}, {'start': '1813.039', 'end': '1818.399', 'text': 'feed where the gates groaned and'}, {'start': '1814.679', 'end': '1821.360', 'text': 'splintered. "Time," he said softly, "is'}, {'start': '1818.399', 'end': '1823.840', 'text': 'the one thing they won\'t give us." The'}, {'start': '1821.360', 'end': '1825.679', 'text': 'unbroken rumbled overhead, its shadow'}, {'start': '1823.840', 'end': '1828.159', 'text': 'deepening, and the chant grew louder'}, {'start': '1825.679', 'end': '1830.960', 'text': 'closer. "A tide that would drown them'}, {'start': '1828.159', 'end': '1833.440', 'text': 'all. The gates of the high spire gave'}, {'start': '1830.960', 'end': '1835.279', 'text': 'way with a scream of twisted metal. The'}, {'start': '1833.440', 'end': '1837.600', 'text': 'sound echoing through the war room like'}, {'start': '1835.279', 'end': '1839.679', 'text': 'a death nail. The feed flared with'}, {'start': '1837.600', 'end': '1841.919', 'text': 'static, then stabilized, showing the'}, {'start': '1839.679', 'end': '1843.919', 'text': 'humans pouring through the breach. Wild'}, {'start': '1841.919', 'end': '1846.720', 'text': 'unstoppable their scarred leader at the'}, {'start': '1843.919', 'end': '1848.399', 'text': 'helm. His flag whipped in the wind, a'}, {'start': '1846.720', 'end': '1850.559', 'text': 'banner of defiance stained with the'}, {'start': '1848.399', 'end': '1852.320', 'text': 'blood of both species, and his soldiers'}, {'start': '1850.559', 'end': '1853.080', 'text': 'followed him with a fervor that bordered'}, {'start': '1852.320', 'end': '1855.919', 'text': 'on'}, {'start': '1853.080', 'end': '1858.640', 'text': 'worship. Plasma bolts lit the air,'}, {'start': '1855.919', 'end': '1861.120', 'text': 'cutting down dozens. But for every human'}, {'start': '1858.640', 'end': '1864.240', 'text': 'that fell, two more surged forward their'}, {'start': '1861.120', 'end': '1866.720', 'text': 'chant. For Earth, for the fallen,'}, {'start': '1864.240', 'end': '1869.039', 'text': 'ringing louder than the gunfire, Kale'}, {'start': '1866.720', 'end': '1871.840', 'text': 'stood frozen at the grid, its lights now'}, {'start': '1869.039', 'end': '1874.000', 'text': 'a chaotic smear of red and fading blue.'}, {'start': '1871.840', 'end': '1876.000', 'text': "The spire's inner defenses automated"}, {'start': '1874.000', 'end': '1878.080', 'text': 'sentries and energy traps flared to'}, {'start': '1876.000', 'end': '1881.120', 'text': 'life, tearing into the invaders with'}, {'start': '1878.080', 'end': '1883.679', 'text': 'merciless precision. Bodies piled at the'}, {'start': '1881.120', 'end': '1885.840', 'text': 'threshold, a grotesque barricade of'}, {'start': '1883.679', 'end': '1887.760', 'text': 'flesh and steel.'}, {'start': '1885.840', 'end': '1890.640', 'text': 'But the humans climbed over their own'}, {'start': '1887.760', 'end': '1893.039', 'text': 'dead. Their hands slick with blood as'}, {'start': '1890.640', 'end': '1895.720', 'text': "they clawed their way inside. Kale's"}, {'start': '1893.039', 'end': '1898.399', 'text': 'voice was a whisper lost in the'}, {'start': '1895.720', 'end': '1900.799', 'text': 'chaos. We built this place to withstand'}, {'start': '1898.399', 'end': '1903.679', 'text': "armies, fleets, and gods. And they're"}, {'start': '1900.799', 'end': '1905.880', 'text': 'breaking it with their hands. Lyra'}, {'start': '1903.679', 'end': '1908.399', 'text': 'grabbed his arm, her grip'}, {'start': '1905.880', 'end': '1911.039', 'text': "bruising. We're not done yet. The"}, {'start': '1908.399', 'end': '1914.240', 'text': 'failafe. Kale, we have to use it.'}, {'start': '1911.039', 'end': '1916.720', 'text': "They're inside. There's no time. Her"}, {'start': '1914.240', 'end': '1919.519', 'text': 'eyes were wild, her earlier defiance'}, {'start': '1916.720', 'end': '1921.919', 'text': "replaced by a raw animal panic. She'd"}, {'start': '1919.519', 'end': '1924.000', 'text': 'fought too long, lost too much to let it'}, {'start': '1921.919', 'end': '1925.080', 'text': 'end like this, cornered in a tomb of'}, {'start': '1924.000', 'end': '1927.519', 'text': 'their own'}, {'start': '1925.080', 'end': '1930.559', 'text': 'making. The counselors murmured their'}, {'start': '1927.519', 'end': '1932.559', 'text': 'ascent, some nodding frantically, others'}, {'start': '1930.559', 'end': '1935.360', 'text': 'staring blankly at the feed as if'}, {'start': '1932.559', 'end': '1938.000', 'text': 'already resigned to the fire. Nai'}, {'start': '1935.360', 'end': '1940.880', 'text': 'stepped forward, her voice sharp despite'}, {'start': '1938.000', 'end': '1942.799', 'text': 'the tremor in her hands. No, the'}, {'start': '1940.880', 'end': '1945.120', 'text': "civilians. They're still out there in"}, {'start': '1942.799', 'end': '1947.679', 'text': "the tunnels. the shelters. You'd kill"}, {'start': '1945.120', 'end': '1949.519', 'text': 'them all just to spite the humans. She'}, {'start': '1947.679', 'end': '1952.399', 'text': 'pointed to the grid where faint green'}, {'start': '1949.519', 'end': '1954.480', 'text': 'dots marked the evacuation routes.'}, {'start': '1952.399', 'end': '1957.120', 'text': 'Thousands of Zaraththeians fleeing'}, {'start': '1954.480', 'end': '1960.320', 'text': "toward the outer districts. We can't"}, {'start': '1957.120', 'end': '1963.039', 'text': "abandon them. We can't become what they"}, {'start': '1960.320', 'end': '1965.360', 'text': "think we are. Lyra's lip curled her"}, {'start': '1963.039', 'end': '1968.240', 'text': "frustration boiling over. They're"}, {'start': '1965.360', 'end': '1970.159', 'text': 'already dead. Nai, do you think the'}, {'start': '1968.240', 'end': '1971.760', 'text': "humans will stop at the spire? They'll"}, {'start': '1970.159', 'end': '1973.760', 'text': 'hunt us down every last one until'}, {'start': '1971.760', 'end': '1976.159', 'text': "there's nothing left. This is our only"}, {'start': '1973.760', 'end': '1978.480', 'text': 'chance. She turned to Kyle, pleading'}, {'start': '1976.159', 'end': '1981.039', 'text': 'now. Hi, Elder. Please end it. Let us'}, {'start': '1978.480', 'end': '1982.640', 'text': "take them with us. Kyle's gaze lingered"}, {'start': '1981.039', 'end': '1984.720', 'text': 'on the feed where the scarred human'}, {'start': '1982.640', 'end': '1987.600', 'text': "leader drove his blade into a century's"}, {'start': '1984.720', 'end': '1989.919', 'text': 'core, sparks flying as it collapsed. The'}, {'start': '1987.600', 'end': '1992.480', 'text': "man's face was a mask of rage and"}, {'start': '1989.919', 'end': '1994.440', 'text': 'sorrow, his single eye burning with a'}, {'start': '1992.480', 'end': '1999.480', 'text': 'fire that seemed to pierce the screen'}, {'start': '1994.440', 'end': '2002.960', 'text': 'itself. KL shook his head slowly. No,'}, {'start': '1999.480', 'end': '2005.440', 'text': "LRA Nai's right. We've shed enough"}, {'start': '2002.960', 'end': '2008.320', 'text': 'blood, ours and theirs. The fail safe'}, {'start': '2005.440', 'end': '2010.240', 'text': 'stays cold. His voice hardened, a'}, {'start': '2008.320', 'end': '2013.200', 'text': "flicker of the authority he'd wielded"}, {'start': '2010.240', 'end': '2016.000', 'text': 'for centuries. We fight here now for as'}, {'start': '2013.200', 'end': '2018.720', 'text': 'long as we can. A tremor rocked the'}, {'start': '2016.000', 'end': '2021.760', 'text': 'room, the ceiling cracking wider as the'}, {'start': '2018.720', 'end': '2023.919', 'text': 'unbroken fired its first salvo. A low'}, {'start': '2021.760', 'end': '2027.120', 'text': 'rumbling blast that shook the spire to'}, {'start': '2023.919', 'end': '2029.120', 'text': 'its roots. Dust choked the air and the'}, {'start': '2027.120', 'end': '2031.200', 'text': 'grid flickered out, leaving only the'}, {'start': '2029.120', 'end': '2033.919', 'text': "feed's grainy image of the humans"}, {'start': '2031.200', 'end': '2036.080', 'text': 'storming the lower halls. Their leader'}, {'start': '2033.919', 'end': '2038.159', 'text': 'roared something unintelligible and his'}, {'start': '2036.080', 'end': '2040.080', 'text': 'troops responded with a surge smashing'}, {'start': '2038.159', 'end': '2042.880', 'text': 'through barricades with salvaged weapons'}, {'start': '2040.080', 'end': '2044.720', 'text': 'and bare fists. The Zarathian guards'}, {'start': '2042.880', 'end': '2047.440', 'text': 'fell back, their lines crumbling under'}, {'start': '2044.720', 'end': '2050.159', 'text': 'the onslaught. Demar leaped to his feet,'}, {'start': '2047.440', 'end': '2053.040', 'text': 'his panic erupting into action.'}, {'start': '2050.159', 'end': '2054.679', 'text': 'I\'m not dying here," he shouted, shoving'}, {'start': '2053.040', 'end': '2057.679', 'text': 'past the counselors toward a side'}, {'start': '2054.679', 'end': '2060.560', 'text': 'passage. "There\'s a shuttle bay. We can'}, {'start': '2057.679', 'end': '2064.079', 'text': 'still get out." Lyth grabbed his arm,'}, {'start': '2060.560', 'end': '2066.879', 'text': 'her voice a hiss. "Coward! You\'ll lead'}, {'start': '2064.079', 'end': '2069.280', 'text': 'them right to the survivors." But Dear'}, {'start': '2066.879', 'end': '2072.159', 'text': 'tore free and ran his footsteps, fading'}, {'start': '2069.280', 'end': '2075.639', 'text': 'into the dark. Naray watched him go,'}, {'start': '2072.159', 'end': '2078.839', 'text': 'then turned to Kyle. "What now? They\'re'}, {'start': '2075.639', 'end': '2081.440', 'text': 'coming. Minutes, maybe less. What do we'}, {'start': '2078.839', 'end': '2083.919', 'text': 'do? Her words were steady, but her'}, {'start': '2081.440', 'end': '2085.520', 'text': 'glowing eyes betrayed her fear. Her'}, {'start': '2083.919', 'end': '2088.480', 'text': "youth stark against the elers's"}, {'start': '2085.520', 'end': '2090.399', 'text': 'weathered resolve. Kale drew a breath,'}, {'start': '2088.480', 'end': '2093.480', 'text': "then gestured to the soldier's fallen"}, {'start': '2090.399', 'end': '2096.320', 'text': "blade lying near Naray's feet. We arm"}, {'start': '2093.480', 'end': '2098.160', 'text': 'ourselves. We hold this room. If they'}, {'start': '2096.320', 'end': '2101.040', 'text': "want the heart of Zerithus, they'll"}, {'start': '2098.160', 'end': '2103.359', 'text': 'choke on it. He moved to a wall panel,'}, {'start': '2101.040', 'end': '2106.400', 'text': 'slamming his palm against it to reveal a'}, {'start': '2103.359', 'end': '2109.040', 'text': 'cache of weapons. Sleek ceremonial'}, {'start': '2106.400', 'end': '2111.839', 'text': 'blades and plasma pistols are relics of'}, {'start': '2109.040', 'end': '2114.000', 'text': 'a prouder age. The counselors hesitated,'}, {'start': '2111.839', 'end': '2116.240', 'text': 'then followed their hands, shaking as'}, {'start': '2114.000', 'end': '2119.040', 'text': 'they armed themselves for a fight. They'}, {'start': '2116.240', 'end': '2121.040', 'text': "knew they couldn't win. The feed flared"}, {'start': '2119.040', 'end': '2123.280', 'text': 'once more, showing the scarred leader'}, {'start': '2121.040', 'end': '2125.680', 'text': "ascending the spire's central stair, his"}, {'start': '2123.280', 'end': '2127.760', 'text': 'troops fanning out behind him. Blood'}, {'start': '2125.680', 'end': '2130.079', 'text': 'dripped from his blade. His armor'}, {'start': '2127.760', 'end': '2132.480', 'text': 'scorched and dented. But he moved with a'}, {'start': '2130.079', 'end': '2134.720', 'text': 'purpose that made the air tremble. His'}, {'start': '2132.480', 'end': '2137.280', 'text': 'chant grew clearer now, carried by the'}, {'start': '2134.720', 'end': '2140.079', 'text': "feed's failing audio. For earth, for the"}, {'start': '2137.280', 'end': '2144.160', 'text': 'fallen, for every soul you stole. Each'}, {'start': '2140.079', 'end': '2147.200', 'text': 'word was a wound, a promise, a curse.'}, {'start': '2144.160', 'end': '2150.720', 'text': 'Lyra clutched a pistol, her voice low.'}, {'start': '2147.200', 'end': '2154.040', 'text': "He's their soul. Like the soldier said,"}, {'start': '2150.720', 'end': '2156.480', 'text': '"Cut him down and maybe maybe they'}, {'start': '2154.040', 'end': '2158.720', 'text': 'break." But even she didn\'t believe it.'}, {'start': '2156.480', 'end': '2161.359', 'text': "Not fully. The humans weren't machines"}, {'start': '2158.720', 'end': '2164.160', 'text': 'to be dismantled. They were a storm, and'}, {'start': '2161.359', 'end': '2166.480', 'text': 'the spire was its eye. The floor shook'}, {'start': '2164.160', 'end': '2168.880', 'text': 'again closer now, and the sound of boots'}, {'start': '2166.480', 'end': '2171.599', 'text': 'echoed through the walls. Kale raised'}, {'start': '2168.880', 'end': '2174.079', 'text': 'his blade, his voice steady. "Stand with'}, {'start': '2171.599', 'end': '2176.160', 'text': 'me one last time." The elders formed a'}, {'start': '2174.079', 'end': '2178.640', 'text': 'ragged line near at their side, and'}, {'start': '2176.160', 'end': '2180.640', 'text': 'waited as the storm broke through. The'}, {'start': '2178.640', 'end': '2182.720', 'text': "war room's doors buckled a deafening"}, {'start': '2180.640', 'end': '2185.040', 'text': 'clang reverberating as the humans'}, {'start': '2182.720', 'end': '2187.520', 'text': 'hammered against them. Kale stood at the'}, {'start': '2185.040', 'end': '2190.640', 'text': 'forefront blade in hand, his ancient'}, {'start': '2187.520', 'end': '2192.720', 'text': 'frame taught with resolve. Beside him,'}, {'start': '2190.640', 'end': '2195.040', 'text': 'Lyra gripped her pistol, her breath'}, {'start': '2192.720', 'end': '2197.760', 'text': 'ragged while Naray clutched a dagger,'}, {'start': '2195.040', 'end': '2199.520', 'text': 'her glowing eyes wide but unyielding.'}, {'start': '2197.760', 'end': '2202.119', 'text': 'The counselors flanked them, their'}, {'start': '2199.520', 'end': '2205.200', 'text': 'ceremonial weapons trembling in unsteady'}, {'start': '2202.119', 'end': '2208.560', 'text': 'hands. The feed had gone dark, but the'}, {'start': '2205.200', 'end': '2210.920', 'text': 'sound told the story. boots shouts and'}, {'start': '2208.560', 'end': '2214.000', 'text': 'the relentless chant for earth for the'}, {'start': '2210.920', 'end': '2216.000', 'text': 'fallen. The doors burst open, a tide of'}, {'start': '2214.000', 'end': '2219.280', 'text': 'humans flooding in their scarred leader'}, {'start': '2216.000', 'end': '2222.240', 'text': 'at the helm. His oneeyed gaze swept the'}, {'start': '2219.280', 'end': '2224.119', 'text': 'room, locking onto kale with a fury that'}, {'start': '2222.240', 'end': '2227.280', 'text': 'burned through the haze of smoke and'}, {'start': '2224.119', 'end': '2229.680', 'text': 'dust. His flag dragged behind him, its'}, {'start': '2227.280', 'end': '2233.760', 'text': 'pole splintered but defiant, and his'}, {'start': '2229.680', 'end': '2236.320', 'text': 'soldiers fanned out, weapons raised.'}, {'start': '2233.760', 'end': '2238.880', 'text': 'The Zaraththeians braced themselves, the'}, {'start': '2236.320', 'end': '2241.119', 'text': 'air thick with the weight of their end.'}, {'start': '2238.880', 'end': '2243.599', 'text': 'Lra fired first, her plasma bolt'}, {'start': '2241.119', 'end': '2246.240', 'text': 'striking a human in the chest. He'}, {'start': '2243.599', 'end': '2248.320', 'text': "staggered, but didn't fall. Lunging"}, {'start': '2246.240', 'end': '2250.800', 'text': "forward with a snarl before Naray's"}, {'start': '2248.320', 'end': '2253.599', 'text': 'dagger found his throat. The room'}, {'start': '2250.800', 'end': '2255.920', 'text': 'erupted, blades clashed, shots rang out,'}, {'start': '2253.599', 'end': '2258.640', 'text': 'and blood violet and red marked the'}, {'start': '2255.920', 'end': '2260.800', 'text': 'crystal floor. Kale swung his blade,'}, {'start': '2258.640', 'end': '2263.520', 'text': 'cutting down a soldier, but another took'}, {'start': '2260.800', 'end': '2265.520', 'text': 'his place, and then another. The humans'}, {'start': '2263.520', 'end': '2268.400', 'text': 'fought like a swarm, overwhelming'}, {'start': '2265.520', 'end': '2270.720', 'text': 'through sheer will. The scarred leader'}, {'start': '2268.400', 'end': '2272.720', 'text': 'charged Kale his jagged blade, meeting'}, {'start': '2270.720', 'end': '2276.240', 'text': 'the elders with a force that jarred the'}, {'start': '2272.720', 'end': '2279.720', 'text': "old man's bones. You, the human roared,"}, {'start': '2276.240', 'end': '2282.880', 'text': 'his voice raw with hate. You burned our'}, {'start': '2279.720', 'end': '2286.320', 'text': 'worlds. Kale parried, stumbling back,'}, {'start': '2282.880', 'end': '2289.440', 'text': 'his strength fading. We warned you, he'}, {'start': '2286.320', 'end': '2291.760', 'text': "gasped. You wouldn't listen. The human's"}, {'start': '2289.440', 'end': '2294.560', 'text': 'eye blazed and he struck again, driving'}, {'start': '2291.760', 'end': '2296.800', 'text': 'Kale to his knees. Lyra screamed, firing'}, {'start': '2294.560', 'end': '2299.280', 'text': 'at the leader, but a human tackled her,'}, {'start': '2296.800', 'end': '2301.440', 'text': 'pinning her down as her shots went wild.'}, {'start': '2299.280', 'end': '2304.240', 'text': 'Nai fought to reach her, slashing at'}, {'start': '2301.440', 'end': '2307.040', 'text': 'anything that moved. Her cries lost in'}, {'start': '2304.240', 'end': '2309.680', 'text': 'the chaos. The counselors fell one by'}, {'start': '2307.040', 'end': '2312.800', 'text': "one. Orin's prayer was cut short by a"}, {'start': '2309.680', 'end': '2315.200', 'text': 'blade, another struck down under a boot.'}, {'start': '2312.800', 'end': '2318.800', 'text': "The humans didn't relent their numbers,"}, {'start': '2315.200', 'end': '2321.200', 'text': "thinning, but their fury unbroken. Kel's"}, {'start': '2318.800', 'end': '2323.200', 'text': 'blade slipped from his grasp, his vision'}, {'start': '2321.200', 'end': '2326.560', 'text': 'blurring as the scarred leader loomed'}, {'start': '2323.200', 'end': '2329.680', 'text': 'over him. For earth, the human growled,'}, {'start': '2326.560', 'end': '2332.240', 'text': 'raising his weapon. Kale met his gaze, a'}, {'start': '2329.680', 'end': '2334.960', 'text': 'flicker of regret in his ancient eyes.'}, {'start': '2332.240', 'end': '2337.280', 'text': '"We made you this," he whispered. The'}, {'start': '2334.960', 'end': '2340.000', 'text': 'blade fell, and the high elder crumpled'}, {'start': '2337.280', 'end': '2343.119', 'text': 'his blood pooling beneath him.'}, {'start': '2340.000', 'end': '2345.839', 'text': 'Nai reached LRA, dragging her free, but'}, {'start': '2343.119', 'end': '2348.480', 'text': 'the room was a graveyard, elders dead,'}, {'start': '2345.839', 'end': '2350.560', 'text': 'humans wounded, but standing. The'}, {'start': '2348.480', 'end': '2352.720', 'text': 'scarred leader planted his flag in the'}, {'start': '2350.560', 'end': '2356.640', 'text': 'center, his chest heaving, and turned to'}, {'start': '2352.720', 'end': '2359.160', 'text': 'his troops. "It\'s ours," he rasped. The'}, {'start': '2356.640', 'end': '2362.160', 'text': 'chant rose again, weaker now, but'}, {'start': '2359.160', 'end': '2364.079', 'text': 'triumphant. The spire was theirs. The'}, {'start': '2362.160', 'end': '2366.480', 'text': 'elders had warned them, but no one had'}, {'start': '2364.079', 'end': '2367.240', 'text': 'listened. And now, Zarathus belonged to'}, {'start': '2366.480', 'end': '2370.480', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '2367.240', 'end': '2373.480', 'text': 'unstoppable. The war room lay silent, a'}, {'start': '2370.480', 'end': '2376.160', 'text': 'tomb of shattered crystals and broken'}, {'start': '2373.480', 'end': '2378.880', 'text': 'bodies. The scarred human leader stood'}, {'start': '2376.160', 'end': '2381.680', 'text': "over Kale's corpse, his blade dripping"}, {'start': '2378.880', 'end': '2384.640', 'text': 'violet blood, his flag staked in the'}, {'start': '2381.680', 'end': '2386.720', 'text': "floor like a conqueror's claim. The"}, {'start': '2384.640', 'end': '2388.800', 'text': "unbroken's rumble vibrated through the"}, {'start': '2386.720', 'end': '2391.119', 'text': 'spire, a distant heartbeat for the'}, {'start': '2388.800', 'end': '2393.520', 'text': "humans who'd survived. Their chant had"}, {'start': '2391.119', 'end': '2396.079', 'text': 'faded, replaced by heavy breaths and the'}, {'start': '2393.520', 'end': '2398.440', 'text': 'groans of the wounded. Sllith and Lyra'}, {'start': '2396.079', 'end': '2400.640', 'text': 'huddled in a corner. the last of the'}, {'start': '2398.440', 'end': '2403.280', 'text': 'Zeratheians. Their weapons lost their'}, {'start': '2400.640', 'end': '2406.160', 'text': 'hope, extinguished, the humans spared'}, {'start': '2403.280', 'end': '2408.640', 'text': 'them no glance. Victory was theirs, and'}, {'start': '2406.160', 'end': '2410.720', 'text': "mercy wasn't part of it. The leader"}, {'start': '2408.640', 'end': '2413.040', 'text': 'wiped his blade on his tattered sleeve,'}, {'start': '2410.720', 'end': '2414.640', 'text': 'his one eye scanning the carnage. His'}, {'start': '2413.040', 'end': '2416.880', 'text': 'soldiers gathered around him some'}, {'start': '2414.640', 'end': '2419.040', 'text': 'clutching wounds, others staring at the'}, {'start': '2416.880', 'end': '2422.000', 'text': 'fallen elders with a mix of exhaustion'}, {'start': '2419.040', 'end': '2424.599', 'text': 'and grim satisfaction. He knelt beside'}, {'start': '2422.000', 'end': '2427.200', 'text': "Kale<unk>'s body, his voice low, almost"}, {'start': '2424.599', 'end': '2430.400', 'text': 'reverent. You thought us weak. You'}, {'start': '2427.200', 'end': '2433.280', 'text': "thought we'd break. Look at us now. He"}, {'start': '2430.400', 'end': '2436.400', 'text': 'rose, turning to his troops. This is for'}, {'start': '2433.280', 'end': '2439.040', 'text': 'Earth, for every soul they took. Silith'}, {'start': '2436.400', 'end': '2441.040', 'text': 'watched her glowing eyes dim with grief.'}, {'start': '2439.040', 'end': '2444.320', 'text': "She clutched Lyra's arm, whispering,"}, {'start': '2441.040', 'end': '2446.880', 'text': '"Why didn\'t they finish us?" Lyra\'s face'}, {'start': '2444.320', 'end': '2449.040', 'text': 'was a mask of ash and blood, her voice'}, {'start': '2446.880', 'end': '2452.320', 'text': 'hollow. "Because we\'re nothing to them'}, {'start': '2449.040', 'end': '2454.800', 'text': 'now. They\'ve won. We\'re just ghosts."'}, {'start': '2452.320', 'end': '2457.880', 'text': 'She laughed bitterly, the sound cracking'}, {'start': '2454.800', 'end': '2460.480', 'text': 'in her throat. We warned them. No one'}, {'start': '2457.880', 'end': '2462.960', 'text': 'listened. A human soldier approached the'}, {'start': '2460.480', 'end': '2466.720', 'text': 'leader. His armor dented a crude radio'}, {'start': '2462.960', 'end': '2468.640', 'text': 'in hand. Sir. The unbroken reports of'}, {'start': '2466.720', 'end': '2470.960', 'text': 'the outer districts are secure.'}, {'start': '2468.640', 'end': '2473.680', 'text': "Survivors are fleeing scattered. What's"}, {'start': '2470.960', 'end': '2476.240', 'text': 'the order? The leader stared at the'}, {'start': '2473.680', 'end': '2477.160', 'text': 'flag. Its blue and green sphere faded'}, {'start': '2476.240', 'end': '2480.560', 'text': 'but'}, {'start': '2477.160', 'end': '2483.280', 'text': "unbroken. Let them run. He said they'll"}, {'start': '2480.560', 'end': '2486.000', 'text': 'carry the story. Let the galaxy know'}, {'start': '2483.280', 'end': '2488.079', 'text': 'what happens when you cross us.'}, {'start': '2486.000', 'end': '2490.599', 'text': 'The soldier nodded and relayed the'}, {'start': '2488.079', 'end': '2493.280', 'text': 'command, the words crackling through the'}, {'start': '2490.599', 'end': '2496.000', 'text': 'static. The humans began to move,'}, {'start': '2493.280', 'end': '2498.720', 'text': 'salvaging what they could, weapons tech'}, {'start': '2496.000', 'end': '2501.040', 'text': 'pieces of the spire itself. The leader'}, {'start': '2498.720', 'end': '2503.920', 'text': 'lingered, his gaze drifting to Naray and'}, {'start': '2501.040', 'end': '2506.400', 'text': 'Lra. He stepped closer, his shadow'}, {'start': '2503.920', 'end': '2509.680', 'text': 'falling over them. Naray flinched, but'}, {'start': '2506.400', 'end': '2511.520', 'text': 'Lra met his eye, defiant even in defeat.'}, {'start': '2509.680', 'end': '2513.920', 'text': '"You\'ll never hold this place," she'}, {'start': '2511.520', 'end': '2515.200', 'text': 'spat. "More will come others stronger'}, {'start': '2513.920', 'end': '2518.040', 'text': 'than us.'}, {'start': '2515.200', 'end': '2521.119', 'text': 'He crouched his scarred face inches from'}, {'start': '2518.040', 'end': '2523.319', 'text': "hers. Let him try. We've got nothing"}, {'start': '2521.119', 'end': '2526.319', 'text': 'left to lose and everything to fight'}, {'start': '2523.319', 'end': '2528.640', 'text': 'for. He stood turned away and barked in'}, {'start': '2526.319', 'end': '2531.599', 'text': 'order. His troops filed out, dragging'}, {'start': '2528.640', 'end': '2533.400', 'text': 'their wounded, leaving the war room. A'}, {'start': '2531.599', 'end': '2535.920', 'text': 'mausoleum of their'}, {'start': '2533.400', 'end': '2537.839', 'text': 'triumph. Nai helped Lera stand the'}, {'start': '2535.920', 'end': '2540.160', 'text': 'spire, trembling as the unbroken'}, {'start': '2537.839', 'end': '2543.119', 'text': 'ascended. Through the cracked walls,'}, {'start': '2540.160', 'end': '2546.000', 'text': 'they saw human ships dotting the sky.'}, {'start': '2543.119', 'end': '2548.319', 'text': 'scarred, relentless, unstoppable. The'}, {'start': '2546.000', 'end': '2551.359', 'text': 'galaxy would hear of this and it would'}, {'start': '2548.319', 'end': '2554.480', 'text': 'shudder. The elders had warned them, but'}, {'start': '2551.359', 'end': '2556.720', 'text': 'no one had listened. Now the humans rose'}, {'start': '2554.480', 'end': '2559.200', 'text': 'from the ashes, a force forged in'}, {'start': '2556.720', 'end': '2561.760', 'text': 'betrayal and blood, their cry echoing'}, {'start': '2559.200', 'end': '2564.000', 'text': 'into the void. for earth, for the'}, {'start': '2561.760', 'end': '2564.000', 'text': 'fallen.'}]