His Unwanted Wife Returned as a Boss
They were a terrifying, solid Silver.
He sat up in the bed, the wires snapping like brittle thread. He looked at Clara, then at the baby, then at the Auditor-Doctors.
"The simulation wasn't a dream, Clara," Julian rasped, his voice regaining its lethal edge. "It was a Beta-Test. I wasn't waiting to wake up. I was waiting for the Infrastructure to be Ready."
He pointed to the window. Outside, the London skyline was changing. The grey Victorian buildings were being wrapped in Liquid Carbon. The "Simulation" wasn't dying—it was Leaking into the Real World.