"Seo-Jun looked out onto the city for a bit, then said: “So this could be it. You could have just solved all data center energy and material bottlenecks.” “We could have. But that’s not why I wanted to talk to you in person.” Lya shuffled, briefly looking around the room, then leaned in closer to Seo-Jun. She spoke in a half-whisper: “I needed you to be encrypted because I had to rule out the chance that XSF could find us and see or hear what I am about to reveal to you." From chapter 1 of my new cyberpunk saga, The Omniscience War — Part 1: Platonic Rupture. Check it out:👇 https://rhythmpunk.substack.com/p/1-synapomorph