Memory Dive offered Jiang three minutes inside a record and no protection for the body left behind.
Hessa read that line first.
"Good," Jiang said. "I was worried the system had become generous."
"It is offering you blindness with filing rules. Control your excitement."
The acquisition review opened above the sealed modern edition packet. Unlike the provisional tests, every permanent condition remained visible at once.
[MEMORY DIVE I]
[Acquisition basis:full audit3/3]
[Evolution Point cost0]
[Maximum interval03:00]
[Selected physical record sets1]
[Current senses suspended1]
[Physical protection0]
[Mandatory exterior stop1]
[Voluntary early exit1]
[Forced return at03:00]
Jiang stayed between the padded chocks while Conti copied the terms onto a paper board. Aylin held the current-body response card but no stop authority. Hessa held the stop because she had completed every exterior closure without trying to turn it into custody.
