‘Cogwheels?’ Yeon-woo automatically looked up. This place had no up or down, but it was an old habit. He knew that a message was coming up. 

［The paused darkness is forced to spin again with the cogwheels of Deus Ex Machina.]

[The stopped change begins again.]

Yeon-woo was shocked. His identity was an obstacle, but he could see that the change was starting again just because cogwheels were spinning… He wondered if that was possible, but it worked. It was slow because of their difference in size, but what was important was that darkness had begun to spin again. He wondered what Deus Ex Machina was.

‘Jeong-woo.’ Yeon-woo projected his consciousness outwards and realized it was his younger brother. He pressed his lips together. It appeared Jeong-woo had come all the way without forgetting what he said about remembering him. He was very grateful. 

[The rate of change begins to speed up again. 51.1%.]

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