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Reyes frowned. “You’re talking about biology.”

She pulled up the final data stream. GCI+ had detected a rhythmic chemical signal from a vast subterranean fungus—a signal that changed pattern when the drones broadcast a specific amino-acid sequence. The planet wasn’t just tolerating them. It was responding . Reyes frowned

She turned the datapad toward him. On its screen, a swarm of glowing nodes pulsed in intricate, non-random patterns. “GCI+ isn’t a prediction model. It’s a response model. I taught it to watch the planet—not as an obstacle, but as a partner. It doesn’t ask ‘where can we build?’ It asks ‘where is the planet already building something we can use?’” The planet wasn’t just tolerating them

Reyes stared at the screen for a long time. Outside, the evacuation shuttles sat silent on the tarmac, their engines cold. On its screen, a swarm of glowing nodes

Reyes stepped beside her, jaw tight. “Then what’s your play?”