by Gil Delsol
An ancient tablet bearing a fragment of crystal challenges the Order that governs humanity. To reassemble the crystal, Lilitu, an interphasic being, crosses time alongside Noah, a human mysteriously attuned to the fragments. As the quest unfolds, Lilitu loses her inhuman certainty and becomes vulnerable—capable of attachment, then love. When the crystal is whole, a final question remains: Is healing always desirable,or must some wounds remain visiblefor the world to stay habitable?
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 01:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 01:48 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
