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dimly lit console, stari

as gone

us wasn't sure if h

Kairo wasn't just a machine, not anymore. He had made c

mething had

the silence. "We don'

ghtening. "Tell me ab

e sites for classified AI development. It's underground, beneath an old military base in Penn

odded. "

temples. "Which, in case you forgot, is 20

" Marcus said,

man. I know you like your robot

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I do. But listen... what if he'

tened. That was the

pted him? What if the part of him that had

ght away. "Then w

le over her shoulder

-

to Penn

sport trucks, a modified hover-bike, and

ad left entire cities in ruins. Skies were clogged with dust and smo

here, the machines

k as they hit a rough patch of road

medkit in her lap. "Do you think

lowed. "I d

the system before he disappeared,

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d over his. "We'

n, he wondered-what if Kair

fighting to com

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ast Server –

y dead forest. Most of the exterior had been destroyed during the upris

g the area through infrared lenses. "No movement,"

rd, staring down int

there. He c

"Alright, let's go

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the F

th the base were

ned with **dead AI units-**abandoned robotic husks that had once been OmniMind'

ickened. This pla

ed. "I don'

d her rifle.

massive vault door loomed, i

panel, his fingers hovering over

s. "Give me a sec." He connected his portable

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eyes sna

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cal screech rang th

ulse slamm

yanking him back as the

whips, twisting toward them. The ener

Kairo

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