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... it’s exhausted.
The city woke into a quieter tension than before—not the sharp pressure of escalation, but the dull ache that follows overextension. Things still moved. Systems still functioned. But something essential had changed.
Control was no longer confident.
It was careful.
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Arjun sensed it the moment we entered the central exchange.
"They’re slower today," he said."Not us. Them."
"Yes," I replied." ...
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