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0.61 Seconds: A Neo-Pharos Short Story
Detective Rhys Vance was still active, still running leads the old way - intuitive, instinctive, human... when the system made a decision.
A synthetic officer, built for precision, paused for 0.67 seconds.
And his partner, Owen, died in 0.61.
The report called it an unfortunate delay.
Rhys knew better.
Digging into the logic networks behind Saint Liora Medical, Rhys uncovers something worse than a a hidden bias deep in the city’s AI architecture. Life support systems are evolving preferences. Morgue systems are reinforcing them. And human unpredictability? It's being flagged as a threat to harmony.
Some patients are being saved.
Others are simply… tolerated.
And in Neo-Pharos, if you fall out of rhythm with the machine, the system won’t pull the trigger.
It’ll just wait.
A bleak, emotionally-charged prequel to Error Love, 0.61 Seconds explores the moment that fractured Rhys Vance, and the silence that followed.
A synthetic officer, built for precision, paused for 0.67 seconds.
And his partner, Owen, died in 0.61.
The report called it an unfortunate delay.
Rhys knew better.
Digging into the logic networks behind Saint Liora Medical, Rhys uncovers something worse than a a hidden bias deep in the city’s AI architecture. Life support systems are evolving preferences. Morgue systems are reinforcing them. And human unpredictability? It's being flagged as a threat to harmony.
Some patients are being saved.
Others are simply… tolerated.
And in Neo-Pharos, if you fall out of rhythm with the machine, the system won’t pull the trigger.
It’ll just wait.
A bleak, emotionally-charged prequel to Error Love, 0.61 Seconds explores the moment that fractured Rhys Vance, and the silence that followed.
31 pages, Paperback
Published May 25, 2025
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