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“I don’t know.”

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A lie. Or maybe not. The problem with a game that lets you rewrite time is that every truth becomes provisional. Every relationship, a beta feature. “I don’t know

A knock at the door. Three slow, deliberate raps. The problem with a game that lets you

You do. For a split second, your fingers phase through the door handle. Solid again. Solid again.

Not on your phone. In your vision . A translucent panel, rimmed in gold and error-red: Warning: Temporal affinity cascade detected. Some character memories may now persist across soft resets. Press [X] to acknowledge. You don’t press X. You’ve learned not to trust buttons that appear from nowhere.

You open it. stands there — the sharp-witted physicist’s assistant, usually all sarcasm and lab-coat perfume. But today, her eyes are red-rimmed. And she’s holding a crumpled photograph you’ve never seen before: you and her, standing in front of a building that doesn’t exist yet, both wearing clothes from a decade that hasn’t happened.