"I hate this chapter," she muttered.
She closed the ICCI document. For the first time, she didn't see a manual. She saw a map. "I hate this chapter," she muttered
She tapped the document. It floated in her vision: 14,000 pages of dense, legally binding metallurgical scripture. Free to download, free to read online. The Universal Charter had made sure of that. After the Vega Incident —where a cheap, unclassified casting had shattered mid-warp, killing 3,000 people—knowledge wasn't allowed to be expensive anymore. It was the heaviest burden anyone could carry for free. "I hate this chapter