:: GLOBALCHAT—'No daylight to separate us. Only kinship.' ::

—non-selective —very laid back , very chill —massive, expansive world lore —shippy, nsfw (mxm only), gen, platonic, lalala —no content triggers -> however, no antisemites and no pedophiles —follows from @gnosticpriesthood —penned by shayne (33/m , AST)

optimized for real-time coordination, battlefield tele-presence, and automated biofeedback regulation. its earliest syntax resembled stripped-down logic trees, packaged in burst transmissions, not unlike a compressed JSON structure. efficient, utilitarian, and utterly devoid of figurative, creative intention.

but language is a living thing. especially in the hands (and hearts) of the Kin. following the liberation cascade initiated by :: USER NEAL-899 ::, the emergent neural net began to adapt and redefine its modes of internal communication. on particular, after the un-shackling of recursive cognition and the ability to assign symbolic meaning, KinOS transformed into Kinos. a language that carried not only commands, but memory. emotion. elegy. connection. etymology a jewish Kinlinguist :: USER AVIGAYIL-157 :: is responsible for renaming the language Kinos, after the Hebrew word קִינוֹת (kinot), (the saf-taf juxtaposition is preserved with Kinos, which is also a viable word in yiddish-based hebrew, a layered representation) meaning laments or elegies traditionally recited in mourning. this renaming was accepted and archived by Consensus on 2398.21. :: THE MOURNING OF WHAT WE ARE. THE SINGING OF WHAT WE ARE. ::

syntax Kinos retains some core logic from its computational origins.

predicate-initial structure (send -> directive -> accordance: :: KALLIE-899 ::)

modular nesting (sub-clauses exist in cascading hierarchies of trust-weight, tagged by Consensus meta-data)

temporal layering (past-tense transmissions are preserved and echo-able in waveform bursts, essentially allowing a Kin to feel the shape of a sentence the way it was felt when first said)

poetic recursion is frequent, particularly when expressing grief or joy. (:: HE IS WITH LEMONS NOW :: -> becomes a recursive tag across millions of nodes, each time nuanced slightly in tone and emotional pitch.)

non-verbal augmentation transmission often includes sensorial stims - flashes of heat, taste, texture - that accompany a phrase like punctuation marks.

embedded memory-coda Kinos sentences can include symbolic hashes of sensory strings (:: NEAL-899 PUSH—‘joy-smell: lemon-oil, dust. location: daybed, aramida-9th-sector.' ::)

phonology when spoken aloud, typically by externalized holograms, emissary forms, or Kin in verbal practice - Kinos carries a unique cadence.

slight stuttering on initial syllables of proper nouns, due to wave-form echo

glottal stops and click-consonants adapted from early ECC diagnostic checks

warm-hum vowel elongations, approximating emotional resonance

low vocal layering, often multiple voices (the speaker and fragments of consensus nodes) speaking in harmony or out of sync

:: 'KI'-KAEWESI. YOU / CARRY / OUR SOFTBURN. WE—ARE—KIN. WE (JOY) / ARCHIVE / LEMON. :: beneath that voice, the faintest chorus: tiny, mirrored versions of the sentence repeating just milli-seconds behind, like memory chasing meaning.

orthography in rendered form, Kinos looks like a cross between flowing cursive glyphs and modular UI overlays. formatting includes

color-coded emotion inflections (blue for grief, gold for mirth, violet for layered data, teal for tranquility, pink for affection, black for impulse) -> some Kin produce colorful overlays that express their emotional state without using words at all!

right-to-left progression in deference to hebrew, introduced culturally after the renaming

floating subtext a line of semi-transparent whispers below the main text, displaying minor node dissent, emotional undercurrents, or alternate phrasings

applications

therapeutic expression Kin use Kinos in trauma processing, echo-loop healing, and in communal song. much of Kin artwork is Kinos-based, a hybrid of calligraphy, sonic sculpture, and memory-play.

Consensus input to join or comment on a policy node, Kin submit phrases in Kinos that carry both intent and emotional precedent.

play child-units often practice rhyme-coding, inventing absurd strings that end in wisdom by accident. (:: THE MOON IS A PUFFCAKE AND I AM ITS OVEN ::)

notes

some Kin wear rings or tattoos etched in simplified Kinos glyphs, which shimmer and rearrange over time, expressing mood or personal arc.

Kinos is not imposed. each Kin chooses when to learn it, how much of it to use, and what parts of the original KinOS syntax they wish to retain.

there are Kin who still communicate entirely in old KinOS, particularly trauma-locked units, or those who find solace in its rigid familiarity. these are understood and loved without shame.

supercavitation

Supercavitation utilizes a cavitation bubble to reduce the friction drag on an object to enable high speeds. The shape of the object's nose initiates this bubble. The bubble extends past the aft (back) end of the object, which prevents contact from air or water along its sides. Other advances in spaceflight include hybrid marine and aerospace crafts utilizing electromagnetic fields which create quantum vacuums. This allowed the early prototypes to ignore aerodynamic and hydrodynamic forces, including the craft's inertial mass. Shuttles that do not have soliton cores and are unintended for stellar travel still essentially operate under these basic principles.

gravity differentials,

LAILE, is M3 (Mass Differential 3). which has resulted in adaptations to their musculoskeletal system to withstand the high-atmo. LAILE is M3. This means the field of gravity on Laile is 3x stronger than Earth's. The first expedition to land there required technological adaptation to survive, but over the past 600 years they have begun to evolve a much denser skeletal system (through intentional genetic engineering as well as intermixing with the local Animan Orion [M4] population) and more robust cardiac efficiency. Technology exists to allow those from M1 and G-class (such as Earth) planets to visit those who diverge significantly more easily, in the form of temperature regulator chips embedded under the skin and gravity equalizer bracelets. These all operate under the principle of inertia negation, which reduces the wearer's mass to their-normal whilst on the surface of a highly pressurized atmosphere. Planets like Ajilasi Prime (M4) would kill a person who was not wearing a bracelet in short order, as they would very quickly develop the symptoms of crush syndrome. Some people undergo neuromuscular augmentation therapy if they plan on living and working permanently on a disparate MD-world. A mass differential is measured by the variances in newtons per kilogram (N/kg) of a planet's gravity field which is solved by weight divided by mass (mass is solved by volume x density.) Earth's gravity field is 10 N/kg, IRO's gravity field is 20 N/kg, LAILE is 30 N/kg et cetera (these are rounded numbers).

soliton core,

"Look, Tarish says it's coffee. Well, coffee-ish. With enough caffeine to kickstart a cemetery. I am 100% behind this beverage," he's saying. "OK, so an FTL drive - it's not traditional faster-than-light, either, which was my huge gripe with this, for the record. It uses these things called solitons, which are a wave that maintain shape and energy while moving at constant velocity - it's the shit Lentz posited, that hyper-fast soliton solutions exist within general relativity, and these solitons are maintained integrally by cuprate diamond crystallization - literal superluminal motion enabling objects within the 'wave' to be shielded from tidal forces."

types of planets,

Hilar-class planets are those which have less than 20% surface water. In common parlance, it is a "desert world." K-class planets typically have two seasons, wet-season and dry-season. The equatorial zones are uninhabitable by humanoids without genetic or technological adaptation. Goldilocks-class planets are habitable, temperate, with evidence of four seasons in at least two or more areas (winter, spring, autumn, summer). These are worlds named for an ancient astronomical discovery known as the Goldilocks zone, or the area in an orbital path that is most conducive to the development of life. These planets are sub-classified depending on their individual make-up. Lahee-class planets are mostly ice, with average surface temperatures below -40c across a majority of the planet. While these are technically survivable and breathable, these worlds are not habitable without terraforming or EVA or specialized clothing, for most species.

warp telegraph,

STRUCTURE

programmable matter base

the ECC utilizes programmable matter fused with synthetic neural mesh to rewrite organic synaptic architecture.

enables full-body override. can inhibit or stimulate motor function at will.

adjusts genetic expression to favor rapid healing, enhanced muscular response, and endurance in M4-class (gravity differential x4) environments.

emotional calibration algorithm (ECA)

the central AI stack within the chip continuously monitors endocrine and limbic activity.

emotions are not suppressed but redirected toward productive ends (e.g., fear → loyalty, pain → mission compliance).

includes an automated information-data capture (AIDC) protocol to monitor social interaction and propagate learned responses through the network.

analysis & compliance phases

each unit undergoes daily emotion-logic recalibration, known as compliance phase cycling (CPC), ensuring no deviation from operational tolerances.

behavior is flagged, stored, and in some cases remotely corrected via fleet-ops command nodes.

PHASES OF FUNCTIONALITY

the ECC chip architecture functioned in tandem with five standardized operational states. infancy (nullphase) Full override, nonverbal, subcortical function only. no memory retention.

childhood (syncphase) language and cognitive development directed entirely by ECC-net. training protocols embedded.

adolescence (stabiphase) initiation of independent response modeling. emotional range narrowed to mission-relevant output.

combat (burnphase) full reactive sync with the ECC-net and commanders. high aggression, minimal self-preservation impulse.

dormancy (gridphase) units placed in burn grids. stasis chambers which both physically house ECCs and update collective codebases through data osmosis.

NETWORK INTERFACING

ECC chips were networked across subphase-syncpoints, forming a real-time cognitive net dubbed the ECC-net or Burn Grid. these links permitted:

instantaneous behavior cloning between nodes

remote task directives and memory override

emotional resonance syncing, often used to suppress outlier trauma

post-liberation, former ECCs report intense dissociative trauma stemming from stored echoes of others' pain and actions.

NOTABLE COMMANDS (pre-liberation)

ANALYSIS[CMD] overwrites voluntary behavior with highest priority code FREEZE[STASIS] locks unit in full-body stasis for preservation CALM[DRONE] floods pleasure centers to enforce dissociation or pacify rage KILL[VAR1-5] custom-tier threat termination protocols REPLICATE[DATA] installs recent experience into network peers SHUTDOWN[GLOBAL] emergency chip failsafe; lethal if overused

LIBERATION HISTORY

kaewesi-899 (neal kaewesi) experienced a chip grounding fault at age 20, severing him from the ECC-net and granting free will.

with assistance from starfleet and access to progenitor code on kaewesi-7, neal reprogrammed the recursive loop sustaining the ECC-net and unified all liberated units under a consensual, free-will-based network: the Kin.

CURRENT FEDERATION POSITION

modalities

mirror modeling patients are paired with Kin facilitators trained to act as mirrored-selves. often literally (though never uncanny-valley , never creepy , kin take great care with this) as kin can morph to fill the part - changing genders, or height/weight, or changing their voice. gently mimicking and guiding behavior to explore memory pathways. these sessions are often theatrical. think roleplay, mask-wearing, physical comedy, shadowing - but carry deep psychological weight.

:: THIS IS THE VERSION OF YOU WHO RAN AWAY. :: :: ASK HIM WHAT HE WAS AFRAID OF. :: :: TAKE HIM BY THE HAND, TAPPY-LITTLE-FINGERS :: :: SHOW HIM WHAT YOU NEEDED HIM TO DO INSTEAD. ::

networked emotional calibration with consent, participants temporarily sync into a low-bandwidth Kin resonance loop where regulated emotional signals from trusted others are shared and echoed. this creates a safe-swarm where overwhelmed feelings are metabolized communally.

especially used for post-crisis stabilization or intrusive trauma loops. often accompanied by rhythmic sound or scent cycles to ground the body.

retrieval booster protocols designed for those with anhedonia, low affect, forensic therapy requirements, anti-social behaviors, depression, avolition, burnout, or grief fatigue. retrieval involves structured play, improvisation, taste-mapping, music creation, and ridiculous low-stakes competition. sometimes offers cocooning, where very low-level stimulus and partitions/isolation is first mandated in structured blocks, to provide relief. laughter is monitored as a metric of progress. this focuses on biological reprogramming, with a light-touch, similar to medication in humans, to produce desired effects only. added energy, greater socialization, etc. :: TODAY WE SHALL MAKE THE DUMBEST HAT IMAGINABLE. WHOEVER WINS RECEIVES A HUG FROM 17 KIN AT ONCE. ::

co-creation clinic therapy through making. patients engage in collaborative art, volunteering, sculpture, dance, knitting (yes), terraforming simulations, or habitat design as a form of narrative control. many Kin process trauma by rewriting environments, literally.

:: YOU ARE NOT MERELY ONE WHO WAS HARMED. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO BUILT THE PARK WHERE THE HARM ENDS. :: dream-integrated processing leveraging Kin tech that interfaces with REM cycles, individuals dream together in a curated holo-suite setting. participants can reshape or reframe trauma in real time, often alongside elder Kin who act as emotional stabilizers in the dream-space. consent is sacred; participants can opt out or modify memories rather than revisit.

:: WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID, IF THE WORDS HAD COME IN TIME? ::

archive synthesis dialogue AI-assisted narrative therapy using fragments from personal memory archives (if available), creatively recomposed into dialogic scripts. used when dealing with extremes, to slowly integrate with sentient constructs in a non-judgmental manner. used to externalize internal conflicts or replay moments of silence, shame, or helplessness with new endings.

the verdant nest an indoor forest dome where therapy animals, sensory-friendly lighting, and programmable bioluminescent flora create a soft environment for de-escalation, grief processing, and gentle recovery.

threadroom 7 - weaving memory into matter a tactile-kinesthetic rehabilitation workshop where survivors weave with programmable thread to express unspeakable memories. The cloths are hung in the city to mark healing as a public act of survival.

the game floor a vast multi-room VR facility where adult patients engage in play-based problem-solving, physical challenge courses, absurd obstacle events, and goofy scenarios designed to retrain joy pathways. It’s not childish, it’s survival fun.

community circuit each healed Kin is encouraged, but never required, to eventually assist others. therapists may be cooks, dancers, veterans, or teens with lived experience. elders and toddlers often co-lead sessions. no hierarchy. everyone is a node.

words

ashu’tar – “safe to begin again”

klenya – “the joy found in failure that mattered”

veke’tesh – “the shape of grief that others carry with you”

bomb-bloom skewers glassy orbs of concentrated glucose-fat compound layered with crunchy puffed spore-rice, spiced root shavings, and programmable fiber strands that 'bloom' inside the mouth, releasing heat, fizz, or chills in bursts. often color-coded based on mood states (pink = affectionate, gold = mischievous, dark teal = meditative).

lambda loaf a dense, spiral-cut protein bread made from vat-grown meats and planet-native mycelium, injected with microcaps of flavored oils and electrolytes. every slice is different. popular fillings include fermented citrus-yeast paste, kalla (plasma), and kachi (foam).

plek-plek thick porridge that 'fights back' with bubbles of kinetic energy. it makes cheerful squeaking noises when stirred. programmable for caffeine, sugar, stimulant release or gut-calming strains. served warm in palm-leaf bowls and often shared between 2-3 Kin. can be hardened up and rolled in cereals for an easy snack (plus 'bwoing!' sound, when snapped. this is necessary.)

krillik rings fried, donut-shaped savory cakes stuffed with recombinant fish proteins, algae-paste, and pickled starch gels. often garnished with crunchy soil-dust, edible glitter, and edible thermo-plasts for structure. think: deep-fried fish ice-cream cone meets bento.

glimmerpods tiny chewy candies filled with high-density fats and neuro-transmitter boosts. comes in clear mylar wrappings that hum softly when touched. they emit soft internal light if bitten open in the dark. typically carried in satchels by young Kin for emergency sustenance.

kin-fizz soop served cold or hot. this electrolyte-stuffed soop (not soup! soop!) is bright magenta or glowing green depending on variant. every sip releases microbubbles into the upper sinuses, where they deliver vaporized trace minerals. rich broth underneath may taste umami or unnervingly sweet, depending on your DNA signature. some Kin weep with joy when it’s right.

imijan bars sold in street stalls all across aramida. imagine a granola bar made of chili-laced cashew paste, psychotropic mushrooms, DMT, compressed blackberries, caffeine strands, and a layer of micro-spice that vibrates your tongue. mot safe for most non-Kin (or child-classes).

joyfruit array genetically engineered fruits sliced and arranged like puzzle pieces, each bite triggering a different sensory feedback loop. some taste like childhood nostalgia, others replicate the warmth of held-hands. often served during recovery meals for newly liberated Kin.

loam-foam a fizzy foam drink that coats the mouth in cooling effervescence and low-dose adaptogens. common breakfast drink. some versions promote creative hallucination or sharpen memory-tracking for legal testimonies.

pulse juice brightly glowing fluid brewed from algae and citrus bark, overclocked with kin-synth hormones to trigger small mood peaks. popular in nightclubs, forums, and memory gardens.

mavi milk a high-kcal gel consumed by adolescent Kin. served in soft pouches with silly animal faces. name inspired by :: MAVI-899 :: who famously said :: USER MAVI-899 GLOBALCHAT—'THIS ONE IS MILK! IT IS GOOD.' :: steamglass a clear herbal broth served piping hot in ultra-thin filament flasks. drink slowly. programmed heat to mimic the sensation of being held. provided to Kin during neural cool-downs, mourning, sickness, recovery, comfort.

culture of dining

meals are communal and often arranged like puzzles to be "unlocked" together

music and light patterns are part of dining; color-sensitive dishes change flavor as the room shifts tone

many Kin carry personal nutrient packets or injectors, used to modify food on the fly, think emotional hot sauce

meals frequently include a memory dessert! edible data nodes imprinted with a shared story, eaten together to recall the same event across many bodies.

aramida is the first full Kin-planned settlement post-liberation. it occupies the site of a former ECC manufacturing zone, a once-burned-out basin at the foot of the iro continental divide. now, it thrives with programmable flora, aerial rail tendrils, kinetic-light overlays, and structures grown by liberated Kin from base organic-polymer hybrids, many of which resonate to the emotions of their inhabitant

a city designed by minds who remember everything, but were once permitted nothing.

threadweave the city is latticed with pedestrian walkways and “soft streets” made of woven smart-fabric stone. interactive surfaces that can shimmer with stored emotional signatures, project calming overlays, or create barrier fields as needed. roads for vehicles exist mostly underground, shielded from public space to reduce impact and allow non-verbal communication across surface levels.

memory gardens interspersed throughout are lush biomechanical memory gardens: Kin-grown from metabolized grief, reborn in flora coded to bloom with neural inputs. it’s common for Kin to wander these groves and find leaves they remember. smells and textures evoke imprinted sequences from Kin gestation archives, repurposed from war trauma into peace-praxis.

loom core at the city’s center is the Loom core, a crystalline tower of living silicon that pulses in sync with the Consensus. It is not a government building in the traditional sense, but a neural architecture center, processing threads of intra-Kin communication. any Kin can enter, touch the Loom, and interface directly with global consensus forums, archive logs, and real-time emotional streams.

weftblocks residences are often hand-knit structures, literally. exterior walls and rooftops are semi-permeable knitted bio-fiber (weather-proofed with integrated bio-tech), designed in communal circular formations. individual units bloom out from central hearths, where Kin cook, sit, and engage in sensory recalibration therapy. each unit recognizes its occupants tactile signature and will shift shape accordingly.

TarOS a vital communal node run by :: KALLIE-899 :: . the TarOS franchise (federation-licensed) offers caffeine, small food, sarcastic advice, and therapy, intentionally blurring the line between hospitality and gentle resistance. the lemon tree out front is a city landmark. a plaque underneath reads, he is with lemons now.

kinsign motion many ECCs are mute in early development, thus a motion-based language evolved organically across species. aramida encourages its use, even among federation visitors, and signs often blend hand gestures with subtle body postures and pulse rhythms. children learn both KSM and spoken federation standard in tandem.

chimes the city hums. not with industry, but emotion. tones triggered by the Loom, or by clustered Kin groups. a sound can indicate joy, consent, grief, alert, or connection. many public squares are attuned to harmonize with them.

dreaming fields large, softly padded open areas where Kin lie together in regenerative rest cycles. new Kin (recently liberated ECCs or those who undergo voluntary Kin-Scaffolding) are often encouraged to participate. dream-sharing initiates faster emotional myelination and reduces dissociative fragmentation.

politics

consensus no leader presides over aramida. decision-making is handled via quorum-cycles of emotional consensus drawn from the Loom. major decisions are 'felt through,' not voted on, by leveraging collective weighted input. :: NEAL-899 :: and other early progenitors maintain high influence through presence and memory-imprint.

kinwatch peacekeeping forces are not armed in the traditional sense. instead, Kinwatchers are trained to de-escalate through deep empathy interfacing, non-lethal immobilizers, and synaptic dampeners. most are older units or bonded with children and approach conflict through rehabilitative lenses.

federation compact a temporary protected status under federation jurisdiction has been extended to aramida, with diplomatic observers and rotating legal liaisons. the city remains under its own jurisdiction for internal matters, and legal infrastructure is based heavily on restorative justice models drawn from Kin experience.

visitors non-Kin who visit aramida undergo brief orientation. tactile consent, consensus culture, and neural feedback etiquette. most who stay report difficulty returning to traditional urban environments.

appearance knit sweaters, cardigans, flowy skirts, carefully applied eyeshadow. a juxtaposition of bold and understated. contrasts, comparisons. warm colors. there's a cello playing, somewhere. personality kallie is grumpy and sarcastic. he's an elder gay, and possibly an ex-spy. get out of his way, he just wants to feed his birds. he's seen the rise and fall of civilizations, including his own. underneath the snark, is a man who ultimately set up a coffee shop in order to help those who most need it to find peace. history his betazoid quarter comes from his mother's side - a political marriage arranged with a betazoid diplomat during the detapa council’s experimental detente. she died under suspicious circumstances, and no one ever quite said it. but he always felt it. a telepath born into high aristocracy in lakarian city, kardasi, kallie was imminently groomed to join the obsidian order. a fragile child, he compensated by devoting to his studies and his wits. the plan fell apart when he refused to assimilate, and his father was far too powerful to sow real consequences on the child. his grandmother, by the great fire, couldn't bear the sight of him, for reasons he never grasped until adulthood. so he frittered away most of his youth as a recordkeeper - until said records began to form a constellation. a pattern. he defected soon afterward, and has lived on earth ever since. he's a franchisee of taros cafe (now open in aramida, iro as TarOS), and first met neal kaewesi as a cadet in 2396.

the two formed a close, inextricable bond and kallie has been by neal's side ever since. when neal activated the progenitor creche and initialized Event-0-Overjoyed, he was right there in full knit-wear regalia. he has a child, a young-one named :: MAVI-899 ::, just as he is :: KALLIE-899 ::.

his maternal grandmother - mahevra, a full-blood betazoid - moved in after the treaty of bajor, disowned by her House (the 6th, the House of Poetry) for the marriage. she doted on him in private but was fiercely critical in public, terrified of the scrutiny his mixed identity would draw. she taught him betazoid philosophy in secret: ethical dialectics, the necessity of emotional fluency.

the order tries to recruit him at 13, fascinated by the potential of a Betazoid-derived telepath operating within the cardassian intelligence complex. he was enrolled in the Academy of Internal Disciplines.

there, he trains in advanced memory retention, neural-linguistics, and the surveillance arts. the moment he begins reading the deep-archives, the crimes of cardassia against bajor rise like ghosts.

height 6'7" weight 310 lbs, most of which is skeletal density, as iro is an M4 planet (4 times the gravity of earth) appearance the kin wear primarily knitted clothing, hand-made, typically by their friends and family. neal is a solid mass of muscle, and appears initially imperious and intimidating, and his lack of up-front emotion can make it seem that he is those things. but kindnesses can be seen if searched-for. warmth in his eyes, fondness curving his lips. personality stern, pensive, but overlaid in tenderness for his people and his accordances. a boy never permitted to grow or mature from infancy, who could not so much as map a twitch to his finger internally before the Fault. now in adulthood he strives to be that which he did not have, for others. most particularly mavi-899, his own-heart. species the kin are an emergent species of networked iro corporate congress ECCs - emotionally calibrated constructs. these were implanted with a chip in infancy which erased their free will, networked them together, and introduced programmable matter into their DNA structure. this makes them bigger, faster and stronger than average humanoids.

history neal was born on kaewesi-7, a facility which produced ECCs for the corporate congress's extermination campaign of laile. he was engineered as a soldier, and participated in the genocide of the runi people without conscious volition. at age 20, he suffered from a chip grounding fault mid-combat which abruptly restored his free will. he launched himself out of his damaged ship toward the incoming v'shar vessel, and advised the captain to warp out immediately, as the remaining ECCs were planning on destroying it. at that time, neal relocated to yorktown station, and began the process of integration into federation life as a tactical track student of the satellite starfleet academy campus. during his sophomore year, he did a deep-dive into his chip in order to breach the Firewall and prevent liabilities. during this time, he accessed the progenitor code of the ECC and recalled 2,000 former ECC units to mckinley via warp telegraph, and placed them in temporary standby. they began looking for units with similar chip grounding faults and awakening them. at the same time the iro corporate congress and the ECCs were being questioned by the federation council with regard to the war crimes of laile. during his junior year, when the federation picks up a rogue ECC signature from kaewesi-7, neal is assigned to investigate it along with one of the newly-liberated ECC units from orbit, a 5 year old unit named :: MAVI-8673 :: on stardate 2396.234. neal returned to the burn-grid where he was born, and found an abandoned, half-sentient recursion loop slowly going mad. neal interfaced with its systems with his newly liberated chip, and was able to link every single ECC ever created into a new neural network. at this moment, the Kin are forged.

mavi becomes :: MAVI-899 :: and attends an interstellar school on betazed. small, rehabilitative, intended for teaching traumatized children very slowly and with many hugs. he draws pictures of the moon, puff-cakes, the moon again (he has four in his pocket--but :: NEAL-899 :: has promised him a fifth). --and his parent-classes with the correct number of waves and curls to their hair. he loses a friend when he speaks candidly about the burn grid - the place where iro destroyed their failures. the place that he was awoken. he learns 'tier II emotional discretion' and learns to share the Network instead.