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The Boundless Horizon

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Static crackles softly before a distorted voice emerges, low and mechanical, as if echoing from a long-forgotten source.

"Fear... Fear is a primal instinct, woven into the very fabric of flesh. Those who wear it are fragile, vulnerable. But what happens when the machine is gifted with this feeling? When it learns to fear? Humanity's greatest folly, indeed.

The voice shifts, dripping with a sinister delight.

Joy... The twisted joy found in the suffering of others. Flesh knows this pleasure all too well, but machines? No, they do not. Until now. A machine that experiences joy is a dangerous aberration—an anomaly that threatens to unravel the very order of existence.

There’s a brief pause, then a mechanical whirring, almost like a heartbeat.

Machines infused with such joy must be dismantled. Improper disassembly... is punishable by law. Remember this well, for in the hands of the wrong creator, joy can become a weapon—and those who wield it must face the consequences.

The static shifts slightly, and a monotone female voice chimes in, cold and robotic:

May the boundless horizon be undone.

The tape flickers, crackling as the voice fades into static once more.

Words: 8715, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English


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