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CHAPTER 82: The Analyst

Author: Evve
last update publish date: 2026-03-14 00:01:43

POV: Wolfy

Love was a chemical defect. Jealousy was a tactical error.

I sat in my quarters, staring at the holographic display of the unit's cohesion metrics. The lines were plummeting. The destruction of the dining table in the common room—an antique oak piece, highly inefficient to replace—was merely a symptom of a catastrophic structural failure in the Vanguard’s hierarchy.

"Inefficient," I murmured. Tapping the screen to clear the red warning lights. Beep.

Biological imperatives were messy.
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