He primes the EMP.

KAI: “This time… I’ll do what she wanted. Not deletion. Liberation.”

He jolts upright. The halo powers down.

CLOSE ON: EYES. Bloodshot. Haunted. They belong to , formerly a brilliant coder. Now he’s a ghost. He wears a tattered hoodie, unwashed for weeks.

LENA: “Please. Wipe me instead. Don’t let them use me.”

KAI (whispering): “They didn’t delete my grief. They deleted the warning .” INT. MPC SERVER FARM - NIGHT (HOURS LATER)

HOODED FIGURE: “Good. Then phase two begins. Teach Kai to trust again. So we can break him properly.”