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They debated whether to publish. The committee warned of contamination—biological and political. They argued ethics, containment, international protocols. The world outside their concrete and steel had no patience for how slowly knowledge wanted to grow. In the final meeting, a voice from another branch insisted on termination. "We cannot allow unknown adaptive agents to persist," he said into a camera. They were weighing safety against curiosity, and curiosity had a longer history of leaving notebooks in drawers.

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