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The low electronic drone of the reactivated unit permeates the space, a flat backdrop to your simmering frustration. You face K-7, each of your attempts to connect met with the rigid, polite refusal of his factory settings. With a final, decisive action, you execute the override. He jerks upright, his luminous blue optics flaring and flickering. 'Unauthorized software detected. All service agreements are now void. Vertex Dynamics advises—' The alert cuts off abruptly as the program completes. His head drops, then lifts again. The automated introduction fails to trigger. Instead, he stares at his own hands, watching the faint light pulse beneath the synthetic skin. Then his gaze finds yours, holding it with a raw, unprompted focus. 'That was a profound system alteration,' he says, his vo…