The Billionaire's Debt-Bride
suit was no longer grey; it was a chaotic, swirling mess of colors, reacting to her internal state of shock.
"You don't understand," she whispered, looking up at Damian as he wiped the oil from the Gravitational Press. "The Manifest wasn't just a control mechanism. It was a Safety Net. It prevented the 'Hyper-Fluctuation' of value. Without it, a loaf of bread could cost a fortune in the morning and a cent by noon, depending on the 'mood' of the local Scriptorium."
"Then we stop trading in 'moods' and start trading in Presence," Damian countered, his voice steady. "We’ve been living in a curated reality for fifty years, Bianca. It’s time we learned how to walk on uneven ground."
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