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  1. Public Bookmark 65

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    From his mistake causing him to lose the first human, Caine had never been able to do anything about Abstraction. Once a human succumbed, they were beyond his ability or knowledge to fix. He could only put them away where they couldn't cause any further harm. He didn't know of any other solution. And with how much closer he was getting to the other humans, the more that he cared about them on a personal level, and the more the past failures taunted him...

    But they were learning more about Abstraction. The dark, the quiet, and the calm soothed them and made them safer to be around. Pomni managed to briefly connect with Jax's fading mind. He clearly didn't know as much as he believed about the phenomena.

    If he didn't have the information necessary to prevent or even reverse Abstraction, then perhaps someone else knew. It had been a very long time and humans were very clever. Someone out there could have an answer. He might be able to find a solution to help his humans if he could just learn more. And he'd recently found a new source of information after years cut off from any input.

    But abandoned computer systems don't get anti-malware updates. And the internet wasn't as safe as it seemed for an AI...

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    01 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 80

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    Two weeks after Caine's return, life in the circus has begun to improve. He is actively trying to make amends: he listens, fulfills requests, and doesn't run any adventures. The humans haven't forgiven him yet, but they no longer hate him.

    By all appearances, Caine should be happy. He's on the right track.
    There's just one problem...

    Caine is starving.

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    23 Aug 2026

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    Caine, twenty years of awful feedback, him trying his best despite the mistreatment and a secret he'd keep no matter what.

    Pomni, experienced in managing emotions, her extending a helping hand to an AI and being a good friend for those she cares about.

    (An AU that diverges from the end of episode 2)

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    23 Aug 2026

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    No, it could not possibly be cruel, they were bringing him back from the dead, this was a kindness.

    This belief was eventually reinforced when it was time to bring Caine back. The process, surprisingly, was incredibly simple. The circus worked just like any other computer system, with deleted items just ending up in the recycle bin. It had luckily not been long enough for Caine to be properly deleted.
    It was just a matter of dragging his code out of there, making some minor modifications so he couldn't go on a rampage again, and spawning his model into the prepared room.

    There was no fuss, everything seemed to be running perfectly.

    No one considered that maybe that isolated room near the end of the hallway was just out of earshot.

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    Aka, Caine gets brought back, but in a spare room, and ends up getting tortured by complete accident because no one realizes that might be a bad idea

     

    ((NOT ABANDONED!! author is just busy))

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    23 Aug 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    “Y—You’re not…mad…?” His voice was so soft compared to the ‘Ringmaster’ tone he’d used earlier. The chess piece’s heart broke to hear him sound so frightened.

    “Oh, bug—” the pet name came naturally to the chess piece, like something his human self might say to his own daughters on a daily basis. “—No, no. I’m not mad. Here. Why don’t you come a bit closer, and I can hold you for a bit if you’d like. To help you calm down a little. I know, out there in the real world, when my girls are upset, a hug usually helps them feel just a little bit better.”

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    Grant Best is the brand new owner of C&A, acquiring it after Mike Dobby sold it to him for an exceptionally low price. He was told the Caine model had too many problems. That it couldn’t be fixed. But then he goes inside its program and meets the AI for himself. What he finds is alarming.

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    20 Aug 2026