But truth was a double-edged sword. While some sought to bury the Shard, others were drawn to it. They saw in its dissonant hum a new kind of music, a new way of being. They were the truth-seekers, the ones who dared to listen to the whispers of the Shard, who dared to believe that a new reality could be built not on denial, but on the acceptance of all truths, no matter how unsettling.