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Subject #7412 – Chapter Twelve – Regression Metrics The morning light was weak, sifting through the narrow blinds and casting thin stripes across the gleaming white floor. The room smelled faintly of antiseptic, with a sterile scent that made Subject #7412’s stomach churn. His body ached where the previous night’s enforced rest had left muscles … Read more
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 Five – Restraints of Care The metallic silence of the containment room stretched on like a punishment in itself, the hum of ventilation and the faint buzz of unseen circuits seeming louder than his own breathing. Subject #7412 sat hunched forward on the padded platform, hands gripping his knees so tightly … Read more