“A” is a record of an interaction.

Two autonomous units—statistically insignificant on their own—are functioning exactly as intended. Each processes inputs, executes tasks, and optimises outcomes within acceptable limits. Nothing anomalous is detected. Then an unscheduled variable appears.

The units begin to adjust. Not to improve efficiency—quite the opposite. They linger. They adapt their rhythms. Data is exchanged that serves no clear objective purpose. Patterns emerge: curiosity, recognition, proximity. Feedback loops intensify. Dependency forms. This state is unsustainable.

One unit, having extracted all viable information from the encounter, disengages and resumes its primary function. Its system remains stable. The other’s does not.

Performance degrades. Processes stall. Absence becomes the dominant input. There is no protocol for loss, only silence where data once flowed.

The synopsis of “A” has been generated by an artificial intelligence.

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