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The pause didn’t last the night.
It couldn’t.
By morning, the city had already stepped around it—not loudly, not proudly. Just the way water moves around a stone once it knows where the edges are.
The notice still hung near the transit stop.
TEMPORARY PAUSE ON UNSANCTIONED OPERATIONS
People read it.
Then did what needed doing anyway.
Arjun noticed first."They’re not even reacting to it," he said.
"Yes," I r ...
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