The Last Archivist's Gambit

Previously

…The archives were saved, yes, but they were irrevocably changed. And so was I. The artifact’s power had not just exposed the Oracle’s lies; it had woven itself into me, a permanent echo of the lost civilization’s memory. The weight of that knowledge was immense, a burden I would carry alone. The gambit had been successful, but the cost was still being tallied. The true preserve of the past, I realized, was not in the stones and scrolls, but in the hearts and minds of those who remembered. And now, I was one of them, a living testament to a history that refused to die.