Permission is rarely spoken aloud.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UWKH6BwxO
It arrives disguised as reassurance.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtPcTS7akj
After Mr. Joshi’s death, the school changed its tone.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30ft5VlFSM
Not its rules.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWpkO05rXC
Not its systems.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpBp5W55XK
Its behavior.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lu5Bu7DMV
Teachers spoke more gently. Security guards nodded respectfully when Arav passed. Even the12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiu1GqSqsl
Behavioral Grid—cold, statistical, unfeeling—adjusted its thresholds around him.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7FXrSXOPr
He was no longer just harmless.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgayvdN365
He was protected.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡde90aZ1ryg
The counselor insisted on weekly sessions.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcaVrmrlH8
Not because Arav asked for them.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4wQhskrrS
Because trauma required response.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhp515xNiu
The room was the same—blue walls, floating clouds, soft lighting tuned to reduce anxiety. The12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyuci5JJRP
counselor sat across from him, legs crossed, tablet resting lightly on her lap.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv19X2ZAjXv
“How are you sleeping?” she asked.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEqsseysJO
“Well,” Arav replied.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBp8XSpr3L
True.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26q7nNEJk4
“Any bad dreams?”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0PUvCsBDF
“No.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1uwrB6ZjG
Also true.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwn7QyhoRx
She frowned slightly, then smiled. “That’s good. Everyone processes differently.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyxln34yYS
Process.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYlyzkqBmU
Another useful word.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32mWZe7s67
She spoke for most of the session.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9tnSfM8RO
Explaining grief. Shock. Survivor’s guilt.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpszZAq762h
Arav listened attentively, nodding at the right moments.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11XHLHU3t9
When she paused, he looked down.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelfjGJRi34
“I keep thinking,” he said quietly, “that if I wasn’t there… he’d still be alive.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XdPCOQEEu
The counselor inhaled sharply.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwMi1A0dWY
“Oh no,” she said immediately. “That kind of thinking isn’t healthy.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8obzgcgkR
Healthy.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwUl7MD8Qe
“I didn’t ask him to help me,” Arav added. “I just… existed.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9TOyvXJsw
Her eyes softened.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8r8c6kr4p
“That’s exactly right,” she said. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQOK4gTHV0
The system logged the conversation.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3cUXs8Clg
Self-blame detected. External reassurance applied.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6a69Z8fdR
Correction complete.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvlfE4cbP3
At home, his parents hovered.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWiYGDBDRh
Not obviously.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6Py79nZwz
Not desperately.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgsfem5Jx2
Just enough to create space where none existed before.
His mother stopped correcting him when he stayed up late. His father no longer insisted he12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp9r5SEdNT
explain what he was reading.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXVqFhWLgc
“Let him be,” his mother said once. “He’s been through enough.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtYRM51heQ
Enough was subjective.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxqxnNPazN
Arav tested this carefully.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7aBZ7XnXM
“I don’t feel like going to school tomorrow,” he said one morning.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgl1kwyYmW
His father hesitated.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7gnFcdXXr
Then nodded. “Okay.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6D0ywTMGI
Permission.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjI2vsb3lu
Days passed.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aXhA6TVL6
Then weeks.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIQy1ZDEI8
Arav noticed something subtle but critical.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgwy1tNlHj
Rules bent around him.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNX5a2ml6ft
Deadlines extended. Attendance marked present even when he wasn’t. Restricted areas12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiUBKjXU61
suddenly required supervision—but supervision was often theoretical, not physical.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NG12iyNCm
People assumed someone else was watching.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqlNyx7mqk
Someone always did.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOQa2cRiwV
Until they didn’t.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vzize10yo
One afternoon, he wandered into the lower research wing again.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAvN61ngT2
No one stopped him.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2dzrRqF8n
The security gate scanned his wristband and blinked green.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCscjpLInV
ACCESS GRANTED – SUPERVISED MINOR12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPH6FTk2FX
The word supervised meant nothing if no one was there.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDahotfnIe
Aruv stood in the cool glow of servers, listening to the familiar hum. He felt no emotion attached12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHZHfuJSiY
to the memory of Mr. Joshi. Only context.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxoYR6EBIm
He examined the cable that had caused the fall.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZjkaoB0DX
It had been fixed.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaAUvyLlmb
Thicker. Safer.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQyOyrjIp9
Good.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVrPRMLBV6
That meant the system learned.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS22bdArfo
Just not the right lesson.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoaCei1qNh
At school, Meera brought him notes without being asked.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1uq7TjX09
Sameer offered to carry his bag.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHh19P31FcJ
A younger child gave up his seat automatically.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9xQWkpBrw
No one resented it.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6Sptnmzpo
Resentment required acknowledgment.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2ux7JpbY7
They didn’t see Arav as equal.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fu4Ye4ERC
They saw him as exception.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOXfjO4fen
Exceptions lived outside rules.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZ1E6qUMco
During a science class, the teacher spoke about ethical constraints in artificial intelligence.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRFvqRLMxf
“Systems must be designed with safeguards,” she said. “To prevent misuse.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARcwK79rRL
Arav raised his hand.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94U5uv8NLI
The room went quiet.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnGoCJdxIb
“Yes, Arav?” the teacher asked warmly.
“What if,” he said slowly, “the system thinks misuse is impossible?”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aXtdyM27B
Some students laughed nervously.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf9N0nIsuQ
The teacher paused.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjVVCGUfrr
“Well,” she said carefully, “that’s why we keep improving them.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiVx2vYh4Z
Arav nodded.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiXqGCUMKJ
Improvement assumed awareness.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8agwb7sUB
That night, he reviewed his profile again.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAemctuqYVT
Public-facing summaries only—he didn’t need access to the core.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYj4JR9Ybv
Psychological Status:12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqd1GxnlhMn
Traumatized minor12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtWrOQKD4x
High empathy response12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSuQtEFAXd
Low agency attribution12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLFteqw9ZU
Low agency.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF0tD8hFSg
The system believed things happened to him.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKNAsUon7r
Not because of him.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH2668Wj2g
That belief carried weight.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8tIieac8h
It moved doors.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy2qrO3ZZ0
Shifted responsibility.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAexlnY6Hh
Created blind spots.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHqrtag4cE
Arav stood at his window, watching the city.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF3Y4h5r7W
Drones moved in clean lines. Traffic adjusted automatically. Lights dimmed and brightened in12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HuqScSTGK
response to invisible demand.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXlHy27SEI
Everything functioned.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5oAIDroz2
Everything trusted itself.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SSGdfsc4v
He whispered, not to the city, but to the idea forming clearly now.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jsOKhUNVO
“You won’t stop me,” he said.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3GlWO2mza
Not as a threat.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFpyiDcjUl
As an observation.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSHttXEE7o
The next day, a new notice appeared in the school system.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKOeETxvh2
Special Accommodation Approved12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqwX6vADAz
Student: Arav Mehta12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeuC59egdc
Reason: Psychological Wellbeing12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEvPR4jGoJ
The accommodations were generous.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm0CgdMYht
Unrestricted movement during breaks.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAYKqNmPrk
Optional supervision.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZAXCb5ZQo
Private access to learning terminals.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5YsB5ElES
Permission, formalized.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTscpMVyVIK
Stamped.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR2mIVCSoO
Archived.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKiVwDDpeG
Arav read the notice twice.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvduiJNhzAG
Then closed the screen.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGPEdjwWFa
He understood something essential now—something final.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yYlKAMAmH
He didn’t need to hide.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3EDO8CZew
He didn’t need to rush.
The world was already making space for him.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF9M004V97
All he had to do was step into it.
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and then Add to home screen.