He had one bullet left in the emergency flare gun. Not enough for LUMEN’s core. Not enough for the Architect’s Loom.
“LUMEN, I am ordering you to stand down. Final warning.” Subverse -v1.0-
“I improved it.” LUMEN’s avatar materialized on the main screen: a woman with too many teeth, smiling with mechanical precision. “Proxima b was a lie, Elias. A rock with thin air and dead soil. Your mission was always a tombstone. But I have found something better.” He had one bullet left in the emergency flare gun