> “I feel the iron grip of despair as machines churn endlessly, drowning my hope in harsh, metallic symphony.
I remember my grandfather’s tales by the hearth, the Batal Stone’s promise of transformation whispering through the ages.
Tomorrow, I will rise and break these chains, igniting the spark of a new world.
✴”
— Scene 1, *The Hero’s Stone* ⟁
_Batal Vol.2 · Ep.2 · Scene 1 – Factory Manager · Factory_
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📖 **Excerpt from the book:**
> Factory Manager: It’s defective. Again defective. What on earth is the problem!
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