- The Reluctant Witness
Cora’s thumb hovered over the screen as the strange, grainy animation played out before her. A faceless figure in black and white tilted its head, its voice a distorted whisper. “Are you awake?” The words sent a chill down her spine. The cartoon was crude, almost childlike, but the message was razor-sharp. It mocked the Circle’s slogans, exposed the hypocrisy of their leaders, and left behind a lingering question: Do you really exist? I do because I am awake.
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- The American Dream
The truth was never hidden, just ignored. America was never a land of equal opportunity, never a fair fight. It was built on extraction, on stolen land, on exploited labor. The so-called Founding Fathers were not visionaries—they were profiteers, carving up a continent for themselves and their heirs, writing laws that would ensure power never left their bloodlines. The dream they sold was a lie, but an easy one, easier than the hard truth that the system was never meant to work for the people.
- A Crack in the Circle
It had been buried beneath old receipts and broken cables, forgotten in the back of Alex’s desk drawer. She almost tossed it aside, just another piece of junk left behind in a world that no longer existed. But something stopped her. A whisper in the back of her mind. A ghost of his voice.
- Sleepwalking
People weren’t afraid. They were asleep. The Chairman’s rule wasn’t about brute force; it was about exhaustion, apathy, and distraction. Every day, a new outrage. Every week, a new enemy. And people adjusted. They stopped expecting things to make sense. By the time they realized what had happened, it was too late—easier to just go back to sleep.
