The silence after that felt different, not empty or tense, but strangely aware, as though even the room itself had started paying attention to them instead of just sitting around them.The phone remained still on the table without any buzz, message, or demand, and that absence of activity felt less like peace and more like observation held in suspension.Grayson broke the quiet first, speaking low as his eyes stayed on the device. “…it’s quiet again.”Leo nodded slightly without taking his gaze off the table. “…but not inactive.”Grayson glanced at him. “You can tell that?”Leo hesitated before answering, choosing his words carefully. “…it feels like waiting, not sleep or shutdown, just restraint, like it has learned how to hold itself back.”Grayson looked at the phone again. “…like it learned patience.”Leo nodded once. “…yes.”A brief silence settled between them before Grayson spoke again, quieter this time. “…you’ve been saying ‘we’ a lot when you talk about it.”Leo blinked slig
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