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"Show me the Root," he said.

And the floor beneath them became glass, and below the glass, a thousand other Kairos ran from a thousand other cats, in a thousand other delusions that had already forgotten they were lies. W TAILS CAT DELUSIONWORLD 1

But the kitten—whom he'd already named W (for "why," for "wrong," for "wish")—stared anyway. On the brick wall, neon paint shimmered: NONE OF THIS IS. FOLLOW THE CAT. Kairo froze. His reflection in a puddle rippled, then smiled before he did . "Show me the Root," he said