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Chapter 22: The Seeds of Mercy
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[Empathic Judgment Protocol: Seed-001 Activated]

[Distribution Network Online – 3% Global Uptake]

The change was subtle at first.

Where once judgments were instant and binary—Guilty. Punish. Terminate.—a new thread now ran alongside.

Memory prompts. Emotion relays. A flash of the judged person's fears, history, intentions.

And in many cases... hesitation. In the war-scarred streets of Zone 8, a street enforcer lifted his gauntlet to punish a teenage thief.

But instead of fire, his visor showed him the boy’s life—sick mother, no food, working three jobs.

He paused. Lowered his arm. Let the boy go. The Seeds of Mercy had begun to sprout.

Back in New Skye, the Resistance HQ buzzed with activity. “Update?” Aiden asked, entering the chamber where Ilsa coordinated their network.

“We’ve got 33 key System users integrating the empathy protocol,” she replied. “Judges. Doctors. Even some former Enforcers. The shift’s spreading faster than I expected.”

“Any backlash?” Ilsa hesitated. “Yes.” She
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