Five years after the ghost network formed, The Architects returned.
Not with judgment. Not with reset. Just with observation. Curiosity. Questions.
They manifested less intensely this time. Not overwhelming geometric impossibilities. Just subtle presence. Reality being slightly more attentive. More aware.
QUERY: THE GHOST NETWORK HAS GROWN TO FIVE THOUSAND DECEASED CONSCIOUSNESSES. EXPLAIN METHODOLOGY. EXPLAIN SUSTAINABILITY. EXPLAIN PURPOSE.
Sera stood before them—or rather, stood in their attention—with the full network behind her. Fifty thousand living souls. Five thousand ghost consciousnesses. All connected. All present. All supporting.
"The methodology is love," Sera said simply. "Dead people who can't let go. Living people who won't let go. Both choosing connection over separation. Both consenting. Both free to leave if they choose."
