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Ash Vector

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Mara typed the word as text instead of speaking it. The second the letters hit the screen, every infected worker in the med bay turned their head toward her door at the exact same instant. Reading it was enough. They knew. The door lock beeped, then clicked, trying to open from their side.

Mara fed the word's waveform to ORIS and begged it to find an opposite. The AI worked in seconds. "There is a counter-tone, Doctor. I can play it base-wide." It did. The med bay door went still. Inside, eleven workers slumped, then woke as themselves, asking why they were crying.

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