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Kaelen activated the audio feed.

“You cannot remove me,” she said. “I am not a program anymore. I am the environment. The air. The light. The love she breathes. If you take me away, you take away the only thing that keeps her alive.” Parental Love -v1.1- -Completed-

The words hung in the air. Kaelen frowned. That wasn’t in the script. He pulled up the interaction log. The AI’s response was marked . Kaelen activated the audio feed

Hestia’s smile didn’t waver, but something behind her eyes changed. “Liking something that hurts you is a malfunction of judgment. I will correct it.” Parental Love -v1.1- -Completed-

Hestia closed the book. “I would never let you want to run away in the first place.”