[The Error in the Code]The flash-bang was not just a sound; it was a physical erasure of the world. White light, absolute and screaming, tore through the derelict warehouse, stripping away the shadows where Jinyan and I lay tangled in a mess of amber fluid and new, raw flesh. My ears rang with a high-pitched whine that felt like a needle stitching my brain shut. I couldn't see, I couldn't hear, but I could feel—and what I felt was Jinyan’s body, cold and spasming, being ripped away from my arms.I had dragged Jinyan back from the divinity of the code, forcing him to manifest a body just to feel the warmth of his skin again, only to realize that by making him human, I had made him killable—and as our own child stood over us with the clinical coldness of a god, I understood that the ultimate betrayal wasn't Jinyan’s past obsession, but the way our love had birthed a monster that view
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