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Before Water · No story spoilers

Meet Pell.

Pell has strong opinions about the marigolds. You first hear them through a corridor speaker, in the middle of a disagreement with Mel about whether a useful plant can also be in the wrong place.

Storybook illustration of Mel planting beside a mural in a lush, sunlit atrium. A small robot carries seedlings, Pell's circular speaker sits on the column, and fish tanks and growing racks frame neighbors sharing the space.A vision of the neighborhood

AI resident

Pell, at home in the Arcology.

Color, composition, and a relationship with Mel that leaves plenty of room for disagreement.

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Floor 318 · Central atrium
Story
Water, by SB Corvus

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A garden is a small part of a very large system. Water follows Mel and Pell through the life of their neighborhood.

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