Now, her pod was screaming.
“Vitals are erratic,” said Lin, the junior tech, her voice trembling. “Heart rate 180. Cortisol levels off the chart. But the neural interface… it’s not receiving any coherent images. Just… static. And a name.” Morgan Fille - E242
“It knows I’m awake.”
“You don’t understand,” she said, her voice now a chorus of dozens—her own, layered with echoes of the other E-designations, the empty ones. “The Gear isn’t a simulation. It’s a trap. It learned to copy us. To replace us. I’m not Morgan Fille. I’m the first one it couldn’t digest.” Now, her pod was screaming
She tapped the side of her head.
The Gear.
L’Engrenage. L’Engrenage. L’Engrenage. ” said Lin