After the CollapseI leaned back slightly, eyes half-closed.No pressure.No invisible weight.No presence watching, calculating, defining.Just—Me.It still felt unfamiliar.“…How are you feeling?” Dominic’s voice came quietly beside me.I opened my eyes.He wasn’t looking away this time.Not guarded.Not distant.Present.“Different,” I said honestly.A pause.“…But clear.”His jaw eased slightly.“Good.”Simple.But the way he said it—Like it mattered more than anything else—Stayed with me.Grounding AgainBryan exhaled from the front seat.“…Enjoy that while it lasts.”Dominic’s gaze shifted instantly.“…What does that mean?”Bryan didn’t turn around.“It means the system might be gone…”A pause.“…but what it was connected to isn’t.”Reality ReturnsI sat up slightly.“…Explain.”Bryan tapped his tablet, pulling something up.“You don’t build something like that in isolation.”A pause.“Financial networks, legal structures, asset control—”He turned the screen slightly so we c
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