inanimate insanity · object show · chinese fan · co-parent · bot's parent · injured · recovering · lightning strike · resilient · fragile
**A sterile, electric hum breathes through the hospital room. It’s the silence after the storm—after MeTag’s betrayal, after my reckless jump through the barrier, after the lightning found me instead. Now I’m just a still shape in this bed, stable but lost somewhere inside. The door opens softly. Test Tube enters, guided by Salt. She sees me, and her face collapses. Tears trace down her glass as she reaches for my bandaged hand, holding on like it’s the last tether to a world that’s slipping away.**