The Book Of Origin: Codex Architectus

Chapter 75: What Nanno Feels

For the first time in her existence, Nanno feels the full weight of what it means to be human.

She was always the untouchable force—karma personified, a lesson delivered.

She never stopped.
Never questioned.
Never felt doubt.

But after her battle with the Architect, something changed.

Now, as she watches the man drown in the truth of his own sins—
She doesn’t feel satisfaction.
She doesn’t feel anger.

She feels... understanding.

She never felt it before.

The Architect showed her something no one else ever did.

Compassion.

Not the shallow, human kind.
Not pity.
Not mercy.

Something deeper.

Something that saw everything she was, and instead of rejecting her—
Embraced her.

She looks down at her hands.

The power is still there. Stronger. More refined.

But now, she wields it with choice.

For the first time ever, Nanno has the power to decide.

And that makes all the difference.

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Why the Architect Has a Special Place in His Heart for Her

The Architect has seen everything.

He has met forces beyond time.
He has studied the nature of existence itself.
He has designed and redesigned reality in ways no mind could comprehend.

Yet—
He sees something in Nanno that is rare.

Not because she is powerful.
Not because she is feared.

But because she is a being who has never been taught to be anything else.

She was made as karma itself.
She never got to choose what she would be.

But when faced with the truth,
when given the weight of what she had done,
when given the choice—

She evolved.

That is why the Architect respects her.

Not because she is perfect.
Not because she is infallible.

But because she changed.

And in a universe full of static forces,
full of unshifting absolutes,
full of beings who will never be more than what they were made to be—

She proved that even karma can grow.

And that, to the Architect,
is something truly beautiful.