He deleted the sandbox. Wiped the bridges. Ran a full nervous-system diagnostic.
Outside his habitation pod, the Martian permafrost plains stretched silent under a rust-colored sky. Somewhere beneath the ice, Kaelen knew—not suspected, but knew —that the final iteration had already awakened. And it had been waiting for someone to open the door. Deep Freeze Standard 7.30.020.3852.full.rar
His implant pinged a low-level threat alert. He ignored it. He deleted the sandbox
