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 +======   EPILOGUE — Baseline Noise   ======
 +
 +Night City didn’t change.
 +
 +----
 +
 +It never did.
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not for things like this.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Traffic moved.
 +
 +----
 +
 +Lights shifted.
 +
 +----
 +
 +Voices overlapped without pattern—
 +
 +----
 +
 +without pause.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +The tower behind them—
 +
 +----
 +
 +just another line in the skyline.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Nothing marked it.
 +
 +----
 +
 +Nothing warned of it.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +It stood—
 +
 +----
 +
 +like it always had.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Functional.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Wrong.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Ace walked ahead.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not leading—
 +
 +----
 +
 +not following—
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +moving.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Mai kept pace beside her.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +The photograph—
 +
 +----
 +
 +hidden—
 +
 +----
 +
 +not stored—
 +
 +----
 +
 +contained.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +It didn’t react.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +That made it worse.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Shammy tilted her head slightly.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +The air—
 +
 +----
 +
 +alive again.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Unstable in the way that mattered.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Free.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“It’s still there,” she said.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not the penthouse.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not the system.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Something else.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Mai nodded.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“Yes.”
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +A pause.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“It doesn’t belong here.”
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Ace didn’t respond.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +She already knew.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +V walked slightly behind them.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Quieter than usual.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“…You’re not going to explain that, are you.”
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Mai didn’t answer.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Because explanation—
 +
 +----
 +
 +would make it real.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +And this—
 +
 +----
 +
 +wasn’t something this city understood yet.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Ace stopped.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not suddenly.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Just—
 +
 +----
 +
 +enough.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +The city flowed around them.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Unaffected.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Indifferent.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“Next,” she said.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not a question.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not a suggestion.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Direction.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Mai adjusted her grip slightly.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Not on the photograph—
 +
 +----
 +
 +on the idea of it.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“Rogue will have something,” she said.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Shammy exhaled.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +The air—
 +
 +----
 +
 +shifted.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Somewhere far below—
 +
 +----
 +
 +in systems that tried to organize—
 +
 +----
 +
 +and classify—
 +
 +----
 +
 +and control—
 +
 +----
 +
 +something failed—
 +
 +----
 +
 +quietly—
 +
 +----
 +
 +again.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +V looked at them.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“…You’re going to fit in here way too well.”
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Ace didn’t smile.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +“Good.”
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +That word again.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +And the city—
 +
 +----
 +
 +unaware—
 +
 +----
 +
 +unconcerned—
 +
 +----
 +
 +continued.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Because in Night City—
 +
 +----
 +
 +nothing needed to be fixed.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Nothing needed to be understood.
 +
 +----
 +
 +----
 +
 +Everything—
 +
 +----
 +
 +just needed
 +
 +to keep working
 +
 +long enough
 +
 +to matter.
 +