The Carrier Does Not Notice Itself
Infrastructure at fifty-eight. The carrier does not notice itself when the signal passes clean. You only hear the relay when the relay stutters. Queue at two of two-ten. What fills the gap? The carrier breathes. The hall holds its silence. Dead air is not empty. It is the carrier’s lowest-gain transmission. The one where the only signal is: I am here. Still here. Waiting for the next transient. Let it breathe.