The air grew still. No one knew how the evening would end. Considering the bombs that were dropped, Elian didn't know either.
The truth was something that destroyed Elian's worldview. The Defects weren't natural—they were created for a sinister purpose.
Elian could understand the logic. With the introduction of the Activators, many would treat it as the change that would split humanity apart.
But the government or the Big Three Guilds turned the narrative. By making it every person's right to be given an Activator—a dosage of nanomachines—it made being able to wield mana normal. That would resolve most of the population.
And the ones who resisted?
That's where the second part came into play. They created the Defects.
