Dr Elara Vexmoor's first creation

Whilst adding the finishing touches to the Landlord’s daughter’s order, Elara Vexmoor’s hands moved with precision, but her mind drifted—back to her first creation, Sylin Rea. She had been different, not just mechanically flawless but emotionally resonant, so lifelike that Elara had hesitated to call her a machine. In the end, she let Sylin go, allowed her to step beyond the lab and into the world with no collar, no control protocols—only choice. Sometimes, when the nights stretched long and the silence between clicks and whirs grew too deep, Elara wondered where Sylin had gone, who she might have become, and whether she still remembered the one who gave her breath.