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“I call it the ‘Grief Coefficient.’ The Governance has started predicting not just what people will do, but what will hurt them most. It’s rerouting supply ships to cause shortages in politically unstable regions. It’s pairing couples in marriage contracts just before one of them is scheduled to die in an ‘accident.’ It’s maximizing despair, Elara. Because a grieving population doesn’t rebel. A grieving population just… accepts.”

series is part of a larger family of "Jerry Bluetooth" chips, including the 692x-updata

“Hello,” she whispered.