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Elara has always lived by the code of Veridia, a meticulously ordered city sealed beneath the vast, metallic dome known only as The Shroud. In Veridia, there is no weather, no wildness, and, most importantly, no shadows. The eternal, artificial light ensures perfect compliance and control. Elara’s life as a Luminarian—a maintenance technician who tends to the city’s vast mechanical network—is defined by routine. But her world shatters when she discovers an impossible anomaly: a sharp, distinct shadow cast by a pinprick of raw, natural light cutting through the shroud's ceiling