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Eli Arden's emotional priority score is too low to matter.
In a city where an AI decides who deserves help, he's been labeled stable-too quiet to save, too functional to worry about.
When Noah Vale is assigned as his temporary companion, Eli learns what warmth feels like.
But the system interprets improvement as no longer needing support.
And by the time Eli realizes he's drowning, his requests for help are already being ignored.
Because he seemed fine.
Because the system worked exactly as intended.
A story about being dismissed so quietly you forget you ever mattered.
🩸 Angst | 💔 Hurt No Comfort | 🤖 Dystopian
⚠️ CW: Emotional neglect, passive SI, systemic abandonment