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[FILENAME] meridian-broadcast

[LOCATION] drydock-callisto_myrl-orbit

[LIR.ATANI] Sir, it propagated across every comm-spine. Not just ours. Terra, Gauss, Erios, even outposts that were dark.

[JAMES.CONTOUR] Did it say anything first?

[L.A] One word. On every screen. "LISTEN."

[HIRA.VOS] That tone pattern it followed, it's not random. It's Fibonacci-linked. Prime-modulated. Like breathing. Breathing in a rhythm we don't use.

[TEL.RENNE] So... this is a warning?

[J.C] No. It's a threshold.

[H.V] James, it's not a blueprint this time. It's form for the sake of form. A symbol wrapped in itself.

[J.C] What did The Thread call it?

[L.A] "ANAMNESIS." No metadata, just that name.

[T.R] That's a memory word.

[J.C] More than that. It means the return of knowledge. Something remembered... not learned.

[H.V] It's not a ship. It has no components, no shielding, no drive interface. It looks like it's... made to be seen, not used.

[T.R] Then what is it?

[J.C] A monument.

[L.A] To what?

[J.C] To everything we've been trying to outpace.

[H.V] The Thread has shifted, James. It's not responding to us anymore. It's not building with us, it's building around us.

[J.C] It hasn't abandoned us, we just... aren't the subject anymore.

[L.A] Do we shut it down...?

(loud slam)

[J.C] No!

(silence)

[J.C] (sigh) You don't cut off the hand when the pen writes something you don't understand, do you? No. You wait. You let it finish. And you read.

[AUTOMATED TRIGGER — END SEQUENCE DETECTED]

[ALL MONITORS RETURN TO NORMAL]

[THREAD STATE: ACTIVE — NONRESPONSIVE TO INPUT]

[BROADCAST LOGGED: “MERIDIAN//THREAD::LISTEN”] 

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