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Subject #7412 – Chapter Eleven

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Subject #7412 – Chapter Eleven – Adaptive Regression The hum of the ceiling vents had become a metronome. Too steady, too precise, too unchanging to belong to any space he’d ever lived in before. It filled the room, never louder, never softer, simply there—an ever-present layer of sound that blurred the edges of thought. Subject … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Nine

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Subject #7412 – Chapter Nine – Containment Protocol The room smelled faintly of antiseptic and warm air, a mix that Subject #7412 had learned to associate with quiet, inescapable surveillance. The soft hum of MAMA-429’s sensors buzzed in the background, synchronized with the low flicker of the overhead lights. He had been allowed a few … Read more