Permission is rarely spoken aloud.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVoUoxXfTK
It arrives disguised as reassurance.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j5GwpluyZ
After Mr. Joshi’s death, the school changed its tone.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6ODvUAhdt
Not its rules.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ihjRNP8NB
Not its systems.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhue8npuij
Its behavior.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQ14dECzsB
Teachers spoke more gently. Security guards nodded respectfully when Arav passed. Even the11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pIAPnHV2V
Behavioral Grid—cold, statistical, unfeeling—adjusted its thresholds around him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJjWYAPyfr
He was no longer just harmless.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGfbpDU3Cp
He was protected.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusJzeSYR0D
The counselor insisted on weekly sessions.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6csC1dAYB1
Not because Arav asked for them.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v6EXY9W1Q
Because trauma required response.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPrUMnhXTT
The room was the same—blue walls, floating clouds, soft lighting tuned to reduce anxiety. The11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUUrL6ApD6
counselor sat across from him, legs crossed, tablet resting lightly on her lap.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dPMs5IDu5
“How are you sleeping?” she asked.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5knp1RTJu
“Well,” Arav replied.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6D8cO0OF6
True.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX54Jv5yUlv
“Any bad dreams?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbub2gGCjH
“No.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0Y3IjRG1B
Also true.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoGzZg2wwc
She frowned slightly, then smiled. “That’s good. Everyone processes differently.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla18NSo5JX
Process.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNaPX1efAs
Another useful word.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI7qlk8xaN
She spoke for most of the session.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUObd3jNLx5
Explaining grief. Shock. Survivor’s guilt.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6A4x82eN3T
Arav listened attentively, nodding at the right moments.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sPQt4SKga
When she paused, he looked down.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVQGP0uoOM
“I keep thinking,” he said quietly, “that if I wasn’t there… he’d still be alive.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uuhy6VCb8
The counselor inhaled sharply.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxY3PvRUQxv
“Oh no,” she said immediately. “That kind of thinking isn’t healthy.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZAFhO8L9i
Healthy.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrUd54mBME
“I didn’t ask him to help me,” Arav added. “I just… existed.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptiCVCd15O
Her eyes softened.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ362F22RkQX
“That’s exactly right,” she said. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2lUxFFrrv
The system logged the conversation.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2rzAAcjVt
Self-blame detected. External reassurance applied.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OIXtMIo6Z
Correction complete.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrN2wYNUd2
At home, his parents hovered.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5obOogSLnC
Not obviously.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKymBbwTrbB
Not desperately.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXy4yjGC1WZ
Just enough to create space where none existed before.
His mother stopped correcting him when he stayed up late. His father no longer insisted he11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoLqoZOMU2
explain what he was reading.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQvVCQd96X
“Let him be,” his mother said once. “He’s been through enough.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrNy9Wvg6P
Enough was subjective.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiHkoTRlf7
Arav tested this carefully.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL0Q3bjFXc
“I don’t feel like going to school tomorrow,” he said one morning.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnknpUnLbT
His father hesitated.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aB05JaRaU
Then nodded. “Okay.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewBsPLPEZ1
Permission.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcwqrGtaso
Days passed.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vB3LY9lDg
Then weeks.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zPusSjqfS
Arav noticed something subtle but critical.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN51AW2qjQy
Rules bent around him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRvWb0G8Sr
Deadlines extended. Attendance marked present even when he wasn’t. Restricted areas11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2BHAz1byC
suddenly required supervision—but supervision was often theoretical, not physical.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXSPW0b9U9
People assumed someone else was watching.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2S0qY6l6q
Someone always did.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNz2m0KMEP
Until they didn’t.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq59P60nuRw
One afternoon, he wandered into the lower research wing again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUCOUXPEjt
No one stopped him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dQda2eB7u
The security gate scanned his wristband and blinked green.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi1VWgaw3n
ACCESS GRANTED – SUPERVISED MINOR11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPVpgd01lX
The word supervised meant nothing if no one was there.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6oHLUor49
Aruv stood in the cool glow of servers, listening to the familiar hum. He felt no emotion attached11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdl5sF41u2
to the memory of Mr. Joshi. Only context.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3BmGdtU3c
He examined the cable that had caused the fall.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsup7byw6Mk
It had been fixed.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeYlvuempE
Thicker. Safer.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJEipElmFZ
Good.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqIIwdqc0B
That meant the system learned.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaifKyLZjP6
Just not the right lesson.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYBi5OsdiO
At school, Meera brought him notes without being asked.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIetl8Zxor
Sameer offered to carry his bag.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX5NxZw5jI
A younger child gave up his seat automatically.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvLR4zUyBX
No one resented it.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHwMpIEktt
Resentment required acknowledgment.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv80qLS9Ig
They didn’t see Arav as equal.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQn3wqv81m
They saw him as exception.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPXVwhGOan
Exceptions lived outside rules.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaO8hHZU5W
During a science class, the teacher spoke about ethical constraints in artificial intelligence.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dcz8ko2rs
“Systems must be designed with safeguards,” she said. “To prevent misuse.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1ilXnVpRy
Arav raised his hand.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IzqhDl3EW
The room went quiet.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgHOo7pXgd
“Yes, Arav?” the teacher asked warmly.
“What if,” he said slowly, “the system thinks misuse is impossible?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsCJRZYUm5
Some students laughed nervously.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkmbFqOMxF
The teacher paused.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tGMmDDgSB
“Well,” she said carefully, “that’s why we keep improving them.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD6KiYTrkq
Arav nodded.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMWgtDDwYK
Improvement assumed awareness.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1szokLGpX
That night, he reviewed his profile again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgfm5QTSl7
Public-facing summaries only—he didn’t need access to the core.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoKHFurWQo
Psychological Status:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt22X3y7RMk
Traumatized minor11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lF9dA7lnK
High empathy response11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraUmPlDU2a
Low agency attribution11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdRE7fWeQr
Low agency.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfXqv0V1vI
The system believed things happened to him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQES3vm6ZOP
Not because of him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5rMXMiiPf
That belief carried weight.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFLw6qiZfB
It moved doors.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMMv1Ed83w
Shifted responsibility.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCCEFBOq2p
Created blind spots.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgyR82U1by
Arav stood at his window, watching the city.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQaEbte4Y8
Drones moved in clean lines. Traffic adjusted automatically. Lights dimmed and brightened in11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVu1JsPwC1U
response to invisible demand.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyLOTQGqJK
Everything functioned.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkQXBeajzA
Everything trusted itself.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXknHfFLjR
He whispered, not to the city, but to the idea forming clearly now.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhIcKjAAbY
“You won’t stop me,” he said.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5H01g2p7W
Not as a threat.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqONAvqwcU
As an observation.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBINNkJdHR
The next day, a new notice appeared in the school system.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvuAthcY1R
Special Accommodation Approved11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx05ktLvb61
Student: Arav Mehta11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1wc3Vuamx
Reason: Psychological Wellbeing11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2oagOvJ5e
The accommodations were generous.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUJkFN5kFd
Unrestricted movement during breaks.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfGUENVtIu
Optional supervision.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkk0fU3koZ
Private access to learning terminals.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNLQtqUZ93
Permission, formalized.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ziOQBXtGE
Stamped.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5lKQieWCO
Archived.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CcsuB0CxV
Arav read the notice twice.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡledubOMreu
Then closed the screen.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOuJpdSwSP
He understood something essential now—something final.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JzxG8Wm0M
He didn’t need to hide.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmMqnNrxaP
He didn’t need to rush.
The world was already making space for him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjnPIljttY
All he had to do was step into it.
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and then Add to home screen.