Perfect.
Chapter 59 will open **inside Buzz's mind and body** — where he's half-conscious, trapped somewhere between life and the hive. It'll be strange, intimate, emotional. You'll feel his confusion, pain, and fragments of who he used to be trying to claw their way back.
As he wakes, he'll realize he's connected to something vast — every machine, every drone, every thread of gold in the forest. He's not just alive. He's *linked*.
And by the end of the chapter, he'll hear Zza calling for him — which snaps the hive's attention toward her.
Let's begin.
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**Chapter 59: The Golden Silence**
He floated in the dark for what could've been minutes or centuries.
There was no ground, no sky, no body — only weightless heat pressing against what used to be his skin. His thoughts didn't feel like thoughts anymore. They drifted like mist, scattering whenever he tried to catch them.
Then, through the haze, came the hum.
Low. Endless. Familiar.
The hive.
