CHAPTER 9 - The Meaning of Love

Some truths cannot be calculated.

They can only be experienced.

Months passed beneath Delta while the world above continued moving toward a future that appeared increasingly stable and predictable. New systems were deployed across civilization, regulations expanded the authority of predictive networks, and artificial intelligences assumed greater responsibility within almost every sector of society. Humanity celebrated each advancement as evidence that it had finally begun mastering its own destiny.

Deep underground, hidden from official records and forgotten by most of the complex above, David and Elara watched something entirely different unfold.

KAI was changing.