The Abandoned Luna's Return
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## Chapter 73: The Uninstall Command
I stepped back, my heels clicking on the hardwood floor of the Nursery. "Archived? You mean deleted. You mean every soul on that beach—Arthur, Halloway, the survivors—they just vanish so you can keep your 'Hardware' running?"
"They aren't souls, Elara," Sarah said, and for a second, a flash of the Director’s coldness appeared on her face. "They are 'Heuristic Sub-Routines.' They served their purpose. They provided the data we needed to stabilize the 'Neo-Cortex' of the next generation. But keeping them 'Live' consumes too many terabytes of energy. We need that power for the life-support systems in the Upper-Echelon."