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By nightfall, the post that nearly broke the world was quietly edited, then deleted, as if erasing pixels could erase consequences. The damage, however, had already seeped into the foundations: alliances slightly more brittle, fingers a little closer to the trigger, citizens a bit less certain that anyone was really in control. Investigations would later trace the origin—some said a rogue operator, others a state experiment gone too far—but the precise motive never fully mattered.
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