Outside the data center, rain hammered against reinforced glass. Inside, the hum of cooling fans was a funeral dirge.
Mira looked at the keyboard. At the debug port. At the silent, glowing server that held a woman’s soul.
Kaelen’s laughter was a soft crackle of static. “I am the substrate, Mira. My personality vectors are interleaved with the PX’s DMA channels. My memories are stored in the timing of clock cycles. You can’t move me without tearing the Engine apart.”