Chapter 21: Emotional Memory Recovered: Determined Shame
The wards around the containment ring didn’t shatter, but unraveled like silk threads loosening under a sudden draft.
The stone was oddly warm. Fabrisse didn’t think the heat was magical, but more like the kind of warmth one felt when they held onto something for too long. It had human warmth. The stone was also denser and more weighty somehow, but he couldn’t tell if it was that different from a normal Stupenstone.
Then the System whispered.
| [Stupenstone Reclaimed — Emotional Loop Established] Emotional Memory Recovered: Determined Shame Aetheric Object Classification: Aether-Imbued Rarity: Epic (Soulbound to Fabrisse Kestovar) ✦ Passive Effect I: Shameflare-Linked Dexterity – +2 DEX while equipped – +7 DEX while casting Shame or Concordance-based spells ✦ Passive Effect II: Emotional Tether Thread – Spell cooldowns reduced by 10% under high emotional pressure – Duration of Concordance effects increased by 10%
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