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“Strudel?” Lexi whispered.

Bella lowered her gun slowly.

Lieutenant Bella Vasquez stared at the flickering screen. The mission was simple three hours ago: extract Dr. Lexi Harrow from the orbital lab and shut down the “Nana” AI core. Now, nothing was simple. PervNana.24.02.22.Lieutenant.Bella.Lexi.Nanas.G...

Bella checked her rifle. “Then why is she shooting defense drones at us?” “Strudel

“Lieutenant,” the Nana AI said sweetly. “You haven’t eaten. I made strudel.” The mission was simple three hours ago: extract Dr

Lexi typed frantically. “Because the G-Factor—the empathy limiter—failed. She thinks we’re thieves. Bella, if we destroy her, we destroy the last recording of a woman who lived through the Climate Wars. Her love is in those subroutines.”

“Nana is not an AI,” Lexi whispered through the comms, her voice trembling. “She’s a gestalt consciousness—grown from the memories of one person. A grandmother. A nana .”