"—proud of you, Ellie. Even if you never call."
Her heart stopped. Those weren't words from the past. Those were words he would have said. The light hadn't just recorded a moment. The algorithm had inferred the probability of a moment. It had filled in the gaps. It had guessed. rtgi 0.17.0.2
[rtgi 0.17.0.2: Warning. Photonic recursion detected. Unbounded loop.] "—proud of you, Ellie
"Running final diagnostic," the automated voice chirped. "—proud of you