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 The sound was like a gunshot. The mountain groaned in response, a deep, subterranean shudder that knocked a shower of dust from the ceiling. 
 
-I looked at the hairline fracture snaking across the crystalline heart of the mountain, then back at Dorian’s frozen mask. We weren’t just rivals fighting for a school anymore; we were two halves of a detonator, and the fuse was already lit.
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+I looked at the hairline fracture snaking across the crystalline heart of the mountain, then back at Dorian’s frozen mask. We weren’t just rivals fighting for a school anymore; we were two halves of a detonator, and the fuse was already lit.
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+## AUTHOR DIRECTION - BUTTERFLY EFFECT CASCADE (Ch05)
+Kaelen died in Ch04. Mira arrives raw with grief.
+- Vane weaponizes Kaelen's death: 'Your Accord cost the Pyre its finest proctor.'
+- Aric is now acting senior proctor - volatile, blaming Elara for the death.
+- Dorian's quiet restraint in the face of Mira's grief is his truest loyalty.
+- Remove all references to Kaelen as active/alive. He is gone.