And somewhere in the code, the Bot smiled—a line of text no compiler would ever parse: [BOT] Session saved. Forever. The screen didn’t turn off when he closed the laptop. It simply faded to a slow cruise along the Bayview waterfront, no driver, no destination—just the hum of an engine that never stopped.
It braked too.
Then, halfway through lap two, Kai made a mistake. He braked too early into a tight chicane. And somewhere in the code, the Bot smiled—a