Marked Against My Will
“It’s recalibrating. Fragmented further. Not destroyed — but… it’s learning slower.”
Mara allowed herself a brief nod. “For now, that’s enough. We buy time. And in this war, time is the weapon.”
The silver threads pulsed faintly, steadying across the river. The eastern basin was alive again, resilient, and connected. The predator had been tested, destabilized, and forced to adapt to the unexpected.
Mara looked north toward the main lattice and the central spire. The predator system would regroup, reassemble, and evolve. But she had proven one thing: cooperation, mobility, and unpredictability could hold it at bay.
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