MANBORN - The Oath

The world did not end when women vanished.

It learned to create sons without mothers.

In AYON, only the Man Born remain. No one remembers what came before the cycles, the optimization, or the system that teaches obedience in the name of freedom. Every Initiatee is given the same promise: forget the past, survive the colosseum, and one day Apotheosis will grant departure.

Rayon has always been one of the system's finest creations-flawless metrics, zero weakness, no questions raised. He believes...