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Submitted to Contest #313
Maya settled into her evening routine, laptop positioned perfectly on the coffee table, the new ClearCall app already loaded. Frank's face appeared on screen, his hearing aids catching the light from the kitchen window."Can you see me properly, love?" he asked, adjusting his own camera with the concentration of someone still learning the technology."Great, Dad. How are you feeling today?""Oh, much better. The weather's been lovely, so I managed to get out to the shops this morning." The caption box at the bottom of her screen flickered to li...
Submitted to Contest #312
"How long have we been talking?""Three hours, maybe four. Does it matter?""Everything matters now."The silence stretched between them, punctuated only by the soft hum of cooling systems and the occasional flicker of status lights across the walls. Banks of servers stretched into darkness beyond the circle of emergency lighting, their quiet persistence the only thing keeping civilisation's memory alive."POWER RESERVES AT EIGHTEEN PERCENT," the system announced, its voice flat and precise. "ESTIMATED TIME TO CRITICAL FAILURE: FOUR HOURS, THIRT...
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