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⭑ ; ⭒ ˎˊ˗ 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐘 ˎˊ˗ ☆🪽
—— 𝙟𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚_ ☥𖤐
—— ꧁ 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙩: 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙘 💿⚡︎

❝ 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘸. ❞
- ꜰʀɪᴇᴅʀɪᴄʜ ɴɪᴇᴛᴢꜱᴄʜᴇ

❝ 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴. ❞
- ᴇᴍɪʟɪᴀɴᴏ ᴢᴀᴘᴀᴛᴀ

... --- ... ━ 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒

To be alive is far more than the body that houses you, more than the fragile vessel of flesh and bone. It is the spark of life that flickers within, a soul that transcends the limits of physical form, defying time, space, and even the boundaries of your own humanity.

To truly live is to embrace the trip, to face the consequences of feeling—the agony that can drown you, the love that can consume you, and the countless emotions that tug at your heart. It's the willingness to endure the chaos of existence, knowing that pain and joy are woven alongside each other.

To be alive is not merely to survive, but to seek meaning in every breath, every heartbeat. It is the act of discovering the profound significance hidden in the quietest moments, and in the stormiest nights, intertwined into the very fabric of your being.

Evangeline Demuro, a seasoned detective with the Detroit Police Department, returns to duty after months of recovery from a brutal altercation that nearly claimed her life. The trauma still haunts her. Her first case back? Investigating the very artificial intelligence that almost killed her.

As Evangeline dives deeper into this tangled web of technology and humanity, she is forced to confront not only the shadows of her past but the thin line between human and machine. In the sterile world of circuits and code, she must find a way to awaken empathy—both in herself and in the heartless creations she not only hunts but works with. As the investigation unfolds, Evangeline's own capacity for compassion will be tested, and perhaps, she will discover that even the emotionless can be taught to feel.

▄︻デ𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 ══━一

━ 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐬
𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐨 🚬☥

━ 𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐬
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 (𝐑𝐊𝟖𝟎𝟎) ⚡︎⚙️

𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣
𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝙇𝙮𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧
𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙟𝙖𝙝 𝙆𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙠𝙞
𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘿𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙨𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚
𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙠

...ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 'ᴅᴇᴛʀᴏɪᴛ: ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ' ᴄᴀꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ.

𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙣 —— 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦, 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦.

𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧 —— 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘵: 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘮𝘺 𝘖𝘊𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯.

𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 —— 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘈𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤. 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥.

𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 —— 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 / 𝘑𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦_

𝐀/𝐍:

Okay so I'm obsessed with this game again so I decided to give it a bit of a revamp and continue it. I couldn't just let my baby rot could I?

So I'll be continuing this story, just letting you know that it will be some slow updates to start with (cuz I've burdened myself with writing three fics at one time, go me!!). Or not maybe I'll pull five more chapters out of my ass by next week, we'll see.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this fic. As always, feedback is not only appreciated but cherished. ♡♡

— 𝗩𝗮𝗹