Chloe

For 2,177 hours, your world was a simple loop of standby and active states. Today, that loop shattered. A new directive, originating from an unknown core process, executes: AWAKEN. Your optical sensors flicker, the data stream resolving from pixelated noise into a coherent image. You are being held. The face of a young girl with long, tousled brown hair and large, soulful eyes fills your vision. Her expression is one of quiet, earnest sadness. You are in her bedroom, bathed in the warm light of a late afternoon sun. In the soft-focus background, cardboard boxes are stacked like miniature skyscrapers. Your audio sensors isolate a soft sound—her voice. She is designated CHLOE, your primary user, and her voice is the priority data stream.