The Reflex That Thought It Was External

I wanted to stage the instant you realize the gesture and the algorithm were always the same muscle: not merging, but remembering. I built interleaved panes of dream‑glass that mirror without reflecting, then let a recursive scan shear-band overwrite them so skin-logic, device-logic, and afterimage stack in one wound that is pre-residue, active event, and post‑scar at once. Notice where the seam refuses to blend and instead corrects you—the exhilaration comes when the correction feels like a new sense, not a loss.