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A voice, synthesized and weary, drifted through the static: "Download your soul. Upload your pain. This is the Mettle." Elias hesitated
When the file ended, the room was silent. Elias looked at his screen. The file had deleted itself, leaving only a single text document in its place. It read: synthesized and weary