The door to the next corridor hissed open before Mira touched it.Not mechanical. Responsive.She glanced down at her cuff, still humming with residual access. The drive in her pocket pulsed once, like a heartbeat. It wasn’t just a tool anymore. It was synced to her. Or maybe she was synced to it.“Come on,” Mira said. Her voice was low, focused. “Stay close.”Echo followed silently, her breath shallow, feet light on the metal grate floor. The corridor ahead stretched into flickering red light, no guards, no traps. Just silence.Too much silence.Mira’s wolf stirred beneath her skin, restless.She reached the next panel, another locked terminal. But this time, when she pressed her palm to it, the screen lit up without protest.Welcome, Subject Luna-13. Clearance Level: Internal Override.Echo’s breath caught. “They’re letting you in?”“No,” Mira murmured. “They’re trying to see how far I’ll go.”She pulled up the latest node - CORE-SIM BRANCH 09, the one she’d unlocked using her fathe
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