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Roz scanned the gosling. Status: Alive. Probability of survival without intervention: 2.3%. Task found. It scooped up the trembling fuzzball.

They plugged Roz in.

The days that followed were the longest Roz had ever processed. The island, once a place of threats, now felt empty. The squirrels brought it berries it couldn’t eat. The fox lay at its feet. They all felt the silence.