Gate of Memoirs/Scars of the Past

As memories of the Augmentation Wars come to mind, Deimos' faith in the great spirits is shaken.
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Music: "Future Resolve"	Music: "Future Resolve"
 	
*The mechanical creatures fall amid the thunderous roar of Deimos' new hammer.
 	
*Its noble leonine features seemed to twist fearsomely with every strike, as if mirroring the internal struggle of its wielder.
*Once more unscathed amid a field of scrap metal, a memory comes unbidden...
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Music: "Dark Pursuit"	Music: "Dark Pursuit"
 	
*—A lifetime ago.
*A low whirring sound permeates the air; the persistent thrum of artificial life.
*Hovering above the debris, the eerie crackle of loose wiring throws a slender figure into relief.
 	
*Av— No, Zenia now, as the reports called her.
*An engine of destruction with no identity and no purpose other than to serve the mad demigod Gazia.
 	
*Deimos: Avyn! Wait!
 	
*Zenia: <Target destroyed. Returning to base.>
*Barely sparing Deimos a second look, Zenia soars into the sky and vanishes into the darkening clouds.
 	
*Deimos: What has he done to you, the madman...
*Deimos: Nothing but a shell left.
 	
*Soldier: Casualty report, General.
 	
*Deimos: Spread everyone out within the area.
*Deimos: Bring back any you can find... be they alive or dead.
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Music: "Devil's Heart"	Music: "Devil's Heart"
 	
*Deimos: ...I remember this well.
 	
*Deimos: Ahh, Avyn...
*Deimos: Even in those last moments you never once wavered in your conviction.
*Deimos: O great spirits...
*Deimos: Why show me these fleeting visions of the dead?
*Deimos: What of my brethren? What of Lord Zedus?
*Deimos: What of Avyn who never had a chance to *be*...?
 	
*Only the persistent buzz of circuitry and wires answers in dying tones.
*The mechanical carapaces dissolve, one after another, into dust and smoke—
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*Stardust and shadow.
*Was it truly a test of faith...or yet another torment of the Void?