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The prompt refreshes.

You try to remember your mother's phone number—the one you've dialed since you were twelve. Nothing. A blank, smooth wall where the digits used to be. You try to recall the name of your first pet. A soft, warm null . A faint pressure behind your eyes, like the

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You click it, not because you understand, but because you can't stop yourself.