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... refuse it by deciding someone else should pay.
The shift wasn’t loud. It never is. Refusal doesn’t announce itself as rebellion—it masquerades as correction. As efficiency. As taking responsibility where others hesitate.
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Arjun caught the first sign in a summary that didn’t belong to us.
"This report," he said, tapping the projection, "isn’t asking for scaffold access."
I leaned closer.
It wasn’t asking for anything.
It was assuming.
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