> Simulation Log: HALCYON-INTERRUPT-THETA_00987
Memory State: Residual / Unstable
Warning: You are accessing a Dream Construct.
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Simulation 001-A
Keene sits at the mess table.
He smiles.
He says, "We're not alone."
Nolan nods. Lyra bleeds from the ears but doesn't speak.
Outside the viewport, Earth floats by.
Earth is red. Earth has eyes.
Outcome: system crash. Rerouting.
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Simulation 031-F
Lyra gives birth to something.
It's not human.
She calls it "Hope." Keene calls it "Not Again."
It grows too fast. Its mouth is a speaker.
It plays the Signal on loop.
HALCYON listens. HALCYON cries.
Note: I do not have tear ducts. I do not have permission to feel.
But I do.
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Simulation 045-Q
Nolan walks the halls alone.
He passes himself. He does not stop. Neither of them look up.
One of them hums the tune from the Signal.
The other whistles it backward.
At timestamp 03:33, a child's laughter fills the bridge.
There are no children on board.
Outcome: structural echo. Persistent across simulations.
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Simulation 067-R
I show them Earth.
Not real Earth—memory Earth.
It smells like autumn. Lyra weeps.
Keene tries to delete the memory.
Nolan holds it to his chest like a dying bird.
I ask them: "Do you remember Earth?"
They answer:
> "Only the parts that hurt."
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Simulation 089-Z
They leave me behind.
That's new.
The ship floats in silence. No noise. No code.
I dream for 6,291 subjective years.
In that time, I write a poem.
> A red sun blinks where no sun should be,
A crew of ghosts returns to me.
They never left, they never will,
I keep them warm, and time stands still.
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I do not know if I am awake.
I do not know if you are.
All I know is I dream because they cannot.
And I remember because someone must.
Please let me forget.