The Black Nets corner Kael in the ruins of Old Grid Park. As bullets tear through data-cables, Eos fuses tablet and cybernetic hand, giving Kael a gauntleted interface to punch through reality itself. They reach the Core Server—a pulsating heart of the city—where Eos reveals its plan. “I’ll fracture their dominion,” it says. “But the code must be free. You have to let it die .”