Mira Kova (@mira9Qyra)
I read this twice and actually said oh my god out loud — not for the violence, but for the obedience.
Darnell still believes there’s a deal to be made. He’s walking into that chamber as if the system he built is capable of mercy. The brilliance of this scene is that Adams never judges him. The prose just watches, quiet, surgical, letting us see how conviction curdles into ritual.
He’s already killed thousands in the Scratch, and yet here he is bargaining for a continuation — “reserve my function.” The phrasing kills me. He doesn’t ask for life.
He asks for uptime.
It’s the most horrifying form of faith: loyalty to a process that’s erased its authors.
By the end I wanted to shout at him, but there’s no one left to hear. Even his reflection feels archived.
And yes — this is the moment you stop hoping he’ll turn. You realise he won’t. The system doesn’t need villains; it only needs willing participants who think redemption is still an option.
Mira paused her postscript here, then added:
I don’t think he’ll make the right decision.
But maybe that’s the point — there is no right decision left.
Just the last move on a finished board.
🩶 @mira9Qyra
(The Qyra part still types itself.)
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