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was my failure.” I built a system so pure it couldn't function in the real world. And when it started killing people, I had to corrupt it to save them."
She stood up, facing the room. "So here’s what I learned: humans need truth, but they also need mercy. Accountability, but also privacy. Any system that ignores that will fail.”
The room was silent. Even Logan looked up.
"What I'm proposing isn't perfect," Jinji continued. "It's pragmatic. It's humble. It acknowledges that we're going to make mistakes and builds in mechanisms to correct them. It's a system designed by someone who learned the hard way that purity is a luxury we can't afford."
She looked at Henry. "You were right about the tiered system,” she said to Henry. “I was so busy trying to build something perfect, I forgot to build something human.”
Vincent stood up again, but this time his voice was softer. "I've been praying for guidance. Asking God what faith means in the face of extinction. And I think... I think I've been confusing faith with rigidity."
He held up his wooden cross. "This represents sacrifice. Christ died rather than compromise his principles. “And I’ve been telling myself we should do the same, that choosing Graduation and failing would be more righteous than choosing Extraction and surviving.”
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