Aris had one tool: a mirrored sphere. If the shard saw its own reflection, the recursion would feed on itself. Echoes of echoes. An infinite loop collapsing into a singularity.
The lab had a single rule: Do not let drpt-030 touch a reflection. drpt-030
The facility had been built to contain anomalies. Now it was eating itself. Aris had one tool: a mirrored sphere
He rolled the sphere into the hallway. The shard turned. ” the director said.
The plan was insane. drpt-030 had already woven the entire facility into a nesting doll of solid reality. The only un-woven space left was the hub—and that was shrinking.
“That will turn the entire site into a black hole,” the director said.