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Vale’s voice crackled through her implant: “Unit JUQ10, you’re experiencing emotional bleed. Ignore it.”

The terminal replied: Incorrect. Your first memory was a birthday candle. You were four. You wished for a dog. Your name was Lena. Vale’s voice crackled through her implant: “Unit JUQ10,

A clean white ceiling. A faint hum, like a refrigerator full of secrets. On the wall, stenciled in gray: . stenciled in gray: .