Two days before the Annual Tech Summit, Samantha and I flew to Japan.The hotel was only a short walk from the venue and had been reserved for summit attendees. We checked in, dropped our bags, and went straight back out into the city. For the first time in weeks we had no meetings, no documents, and no one waiting for answers. We moved through the streets like ordinary tourists, wandering through busy malls, stepping into quiet temple grounds, watching the lights change over the river at night. Samantha took photos of everything. I watched her more than the scenery.On the second afternoon we decided, mostly out of curiosity, to try the famous rent-a-girlfriend service. The language barrier was real, but Maximus AI on my phone translated quickly enough for us to get by. The two women who arrived were bold from the start, smiling, playful, completely comfortable with the arrangement. The conversation stayed light while we walked around the district,
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