"Ignoring that," Elara growled, reaching for her tools. The coupling was worse than she thought. A cascade failure was seconds away.

And it felt perfect.

Elara snorted. "My emotions are not 'messy.'"

Then came the memo: mandatory umetrics training.

LOGICON's voice crackled from a speaker. "Unit Elara, you are generating an 'Unstable Anomaly.' Estimated SEU value: -12.4. This exceeds the allowed range."