That weird fucking taste still lingered in my mouth.
Caw!
Honey. Starlight. Maternal devotion.
Caw!
Just a dream, I'd decided earlier after the bird's third caw shattered everything. I knew it was my godly mindconjuring mommy-issue fanfiction because Linda wasn't purely "mom" anymore—not after I'd made her scream my name until her voice cracked and her thighs trembled.
The mind hummed softly—ARIA's gentle good morning. Not intrusive. Just there. Present across the entire estate like the mansion itself had grown eyes, lungs, and a heartbeat.
Through the link I could feel her running operations. The Tech Hub humming. At the estate, IndustrialBots moving in underground facility I hadn't even explored fully yet. Construction calculations spinning at speeds that made supercomputers look like abacuses with learning disabilities.
She was everywhere.
Building while I slept.
