Author's Note: Unedited Chapter
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The gravitational instability that had wrought severe havoc was no more, leaving behind a sense of calm that had been absent for too long.
The quakes subsided, the fissures ceased, and the Aetherials, once bound to the ground by an unseen force, found that they could move freely once again.
Gustav felt the expenditure of energy and collapsed to one knee as his transformation receded.
("Congratulations, you managed to push an entire planet out of its orbit,") The system's annoying voice rang in his ear.
His actions, born of desperation and hope, had altered the fate of an entire world, steering it away from the edge of extinction. The planet, saved from the brink of destruction, owed its continued existence to Gustav and showered him with appreciation as they crowded him on the surface.
