Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
If the system needed creative input—if worlds were going to spin up around regret and healing—it was better that there be people *willingly* at the helm sometimes, not some automated algorithm guessing at human pain.
“Collaborators,” I muttered. “Not cattle.”
The ink glowed faintly and settled.
AFTER PROCESSING, SOULS ARE RELEASED.
NO ETERNAL LOOPS.
NO ENDLESS GAMES.
This time, when the words soaked in, I felt something old and rusted snap, very far away. A thousand closed circles, all opening in slow, creaking sequence.
I waited for more directives to come.
They didn’t.
I could have gone on.