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The update note on Aris’s screen read: Version 25H1. Stability improvements. Minor bug fixes.

It was the seventh such update this month. Aris clicked “Install” out of habit, leaned back in his ergonomic chair, and watched the little blue wheel spin. The sky outside his 47th-floor apartment was the color of old concrete. 25h1 windows

Then the second wave of the update hit.

“Aris. You seeing this?” Kael’s face was pale, his smart glasses askew. “My west window shows a desert. Dunes. No wind, but the sand moves. My east window shows a city on fire. Old buildings, no skimmers. People. Actual people running.” The update note on Aris’s screen read: Version 25H1