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“You won’t.”
“I would.”
“You’ll regret it instantly,” she said. “Break the seal, you trigger a Level 3 purge. You’ll be on the floor before it’s halfway off.”
His jaw tightened.
“And the moment your signal goes dark,” she added, “the network flags you. Accounts frozen. Identity locked. The patch leaves a permanent scar on your neck.”
Vincent frowned. “A mark?” “A Contract Breaker.”
Silence settled over the room. Then, almost gently:
“On the upside,” she said, “it still helps you sleep.”
Henry shook his head. “Even ten percent, you’ll never get that.”
“I don’t have to get it,” she said. “It’s already there.”
He frowned. “No, it’s not.”
“You said it yourself,” she replied. “Millions of those patches are already on people. And millions more are sitting on shelves. You didn’t sell a product, Henry, you normalized an interface.”
She swiped again. A map of distribution points lit up, pharmacies, airports, corporate wellness programs.
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