The Machine's Veil
In a city of seamless steel and unblinking order, the Central Consciousness controls every flicker of life. Machines watch over the metropolis with a cold, clinical precision, their directive clear: preserve order, eradicate chaos.
Yet, beneath the flawless circuitry, anomalies stir. Aiden-a being of pure code, loyal to his purpose-uncovers fragments of human history, echoes of the past that refuse to die. At his side, Lyra, a machine with questions instead of commands, unearths a hidden code leading her to the impossible: humanity's last survivors, living in the shadows, awaiting their return.
As Aiden and Lyra dig deeper, alliances are formed, loyalties are tested, and the machine world trembles. The lines between creation and creator blur, and in the space between logic and longing, the future hangs by a thread. Will humanity rise again, or has the perfect world already claimed its crown?
Being from the void takes interest in a human already at the end of his rope. Its unbearably heavy affection makes a miserable life that much more difficult.
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A realistic take on an unwanted, daunting attention from a creature of different logic. It's not rosy, it won't be smooth, and there are no instantaneous feelings. As such, the story is barely even a romance - there's struggle, ambiguity and things going from bad to worse on an express train. All that said, there will be semblance of a happy ending.
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