Ssis-661 Jun 2026

catch (EncoderFallbackException e)

At the console, Mara’s pod registered a halo of neural activity that was neither her own nor wholly something else. The Weave had intertwined with her in a way the logs only hinted at: not an infection, but a mutualism. Parts of her memories flickered across the display as fragments of other minds — the scientist’s laughter braided with the chorus of the station’s microbial choir. The Weave did not steal identity; it gathered and braided them. SSIS-661