Never Alone
“Alright, I’ll ask the question everyone’s avoiding. How do we stop this from going wrong?”
Kael answered before Ethan could. “We don’t.”
Lucian frowned. “That’s not helpful.”
“It’s accurate,” Kael replied calmly. “The system is designed to evolve through stress. If nothing goes wrong, it stops evolving. If too much goes wrong, it collapses. Our role now is not to prevent failure, but to control its scale.”
Raven crossed her arms. “So we manage the damage.”
Ethan nodded. “We manage the outcome.”
The figure turned its head slightly, acknowledging the conversation without fully engaging. Its presence was steady, no longer aggressive, but not passive either. It watched the system as much as the
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