Sloane's POVBy one o'clock in the afternoon, the equatorial sun beat down with blinding intensity across the capital, yet inside the executive penthouse, the ambient temperature remained fixed at a cool, unyielding eighteen degrees Celsius. The massive glass panels automatically polarized against the glare, bathing the obsidian floor in a muted, crystalline indigo.I stood beside the master podium, wearing a sharply tailored slate-grey suit of structured gabardine, accented with raw platinum pins along the lapels. The platinum chain at my throat felt weightless against my collarbone, moving with the measured rhythm of my breathing. Across the primary holographic arrays, the silver streams of the Zenith Protocol registered absolute continental harmony: every maritime clearance, rail dispatch, and municipal energy node functioning with zero variance."The midday regional reconciliations have concluded across all four southern distribution hubs, Mother," Alexander reported, stepping ont
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