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Day Two: The Awakening Below the Surface

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There is no thunder before the rain. Only tension. And the knowledge that the world is about to change. The sun had not yet crested over the eastern hills of Country D when the first set of needles were removed.

Arla-Rosa's hands moved in silence. She plucked each silver needle from Amelia Grace's body like a musician lifting strings from a harp. Her every motion, gentle, reverent, yet deliberate.

Behind the observation glass, the Fleming twins sat wide-eyed in their custom-made chairs, swinging their legs and holding silent, pinky-locked fists. They did not know much about vegetative states or diplomatic scrutiny. But they knew their mama was magic.

Inside the Command Center Feed at exactly 6:03 am, a neurologist monitoring Amelia’s vitals blinked twice. “Uh... does anyone see that?” “Spike in occipital and frontal lobe?”

“Not just a spike. It’s sustained.” A beat of silence ensued, followed by a whisper of disbelief. “She’s dreaming.
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