Leo thought of the hour after his father’s funeral. The empty house. The ticking of a clock he’d never noticed before.

“Initiating calibration,” a soft voice said in his mind, not his ears. “Please recall a memory of profound silence.”

The room dissolved.

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Leo thought of the hour after his father’s funeral. The empty house. The ticking of a clock he’d never noticed before.

“Initiating calibration,” a soft voice said in his mind, not his ears. “Please recall a memory of profound silence.”

The room dissolved.