Broken Illusions
“You’re assuming people still care. Lena—attention has a half-life.”
“I’m assuming they want to care,” Lena said, standing. “We give them the tools. And we don’t wait for permission.”
Eleni was in the observation suite when Lena found her next, sitting with a neural playback visor balanced over her eyes. A slow-loop simulation of her past dreams blinked across the screen: colors, faces, voices recorded from memories not hers alone, but ones spliced from her time tethered to Helix’s core.
“You’re not supposed to be here alone,” Lena said gently.
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