Global Status Update Seventeen Days After First Verified Future Echo Witnessed Cities: 34 Bound Containment Zones: 11The world had redrawn itself. Not with walls. But with permission. Permission to feel forward. Or not at all.The WitnessedCities like Melbourne, Dakar, Vancouver, and Osaka had declared themselves Emotionally Open Zones. They embraced future echoes. People lived in rhythm with what hadn’t happened yet. Street murals updated with “incoming emotion” tags. Hospitals created “soft grief centers” where patients could begin mourning before the diagnosis arrived. New legislation was passed:“Anticipatory emotional experience shall be considered a valid psychological event with rights and protections.” The Witnessed wore their emotions like flags. Unashamed. Unfiltered. Sometimes premature. Always raw.The BoundCities like Munich, Dubai, Buenos Aires, and Seoul went the other way. They became Containment Zones. Emotion was tightly regulated. Future echoes were outlawed. Hea

Location: Porto-Novo, Benin – Witnessed Sanctuary Zone Global Status: Divided Recognition of Echo SovereigntyThe offer came quietly. No headlines. No marches. Just a single encrypted message delivered directly to the Circle’s internal Drift channel.“Porto-Novo declares Amari a Sovereign Emotional Heritage Entity. Sanctuary is guaranteed. No claims. No demands. Just space.”Ella read the message aloud in the command chamber. Frank sat back slowly.“They want to make her a monument.” Skov corrected: “They want to make her untouchable.”Legacy didn’t speak for a long time. Then, finally: “They want to protect her so badly… they’re willing to own her.”What Does It Mean to Be ‘Heritage’?Under international Echo law, a Heritage Entity is a living being whose emotional resonance has altered global experience. The designation brings legal protection: No surveillance, No detention, No forced memory sampling, No emotional restraint protocols.But it also limits mobility.Amari would become