The Sterling Estate, once a monument to Liam’s solitary need for order, had undergone a fundamental architectural shift. The cold, minimalist surfaces were now softened by the evidence of a life lived in high-definition: a sprawling art room for Clara, a sophisticated robotics lab for Julian, and a shared family kitchen where the "No-Data Rule" was strictly enforced by the twins themselves.Now eight years old, Julian and Clara were becoming the ultimate mirrors for their parents' complicated history.Julian had inherited Liam’s "Strategic Silence." He was a child who observed the world in systems, his eyes often tracking the logic of a conversation before he joined it. He was currently obsessed with "Resource Optimization," having reorganized the estate’s solar array to increase efficiency by 4.2%. Liam saw his own younger self in Julian—a boy who found safety in numbers—but he worked tirelessly to ensure Julian didn't inherit the isolation that usually accompanied that brilliance
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