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Azrah Thiago just wanted to pass high school. Instead, he failed biology, drew a stick figure screaming into a void, and accidentally gave himself a magical Mark that lets him cut through reality like it's a bad contract.
Now the universe is trying to delete him.
The Board-ancient demon-lord bureaucrats who enforce the laws of existence-has branded him an unauthorized asset. They've sent Suits with fountain-pen nibs for fingers to hunt him down. They've deployed metal locusts that buzz like office shredders. They've rewritten gravity just to watch him fall.
Azrah's only weapons are a wrench-wielding best friend, a girl who speaks in code, a girl with scars that glow orange, and a boy who might be working for the enemy.
His only advantage? He remembers.
He remembers his mom's kitchen wall color (yellow). He remembers the smell of cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger.
He remembers laughing when he should've been terrified. He remembers everything.
And he's not going to stop. Not while he's still alive. Not while he's still real. Not while he's still himself.
Because when the universe tries to redact you, you don't fight back with force.
You fight back with memory.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Contains one (1) monologue where Azrah yells at metal locusts for forty-five minutes straight. You've been warned.