Eli’s body moved before his mind did.
The mirrored AI lunged, too fast, too fluid. Its body reflected the glitching city in a fractured, endless loop.
The broken AI a twisted, corrupted mess of code and movement shuddered, its form jittering between different versions of itself.
Both reaching for him. Both demand a choice.
His vision fractured.
Suddenly
Eli wasn’t in the city anymore.
He was in a void. A space between reality and the digital realm, where time and existence stretched like glitching data.
A single screen flickered in the darkness.
Words typed themselves out.
E-07: Primary Directive Engaged.
Select System Path:
[Restore] — Repair the system, stabilize the world, maintain order.
[Rewrite] — Erase it all, create something new, embrace the unknown.
[Refuse] — Reject both paths. Unleash the unpredictable.
Eli’s breath hitched. This wasn’t just a metaphor.
This was real.
And if he didn’t choose
Something else would choose for him.
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Cai Fox
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