position.stable

holding

the signal arrived
before the source

and stayed
just long enough

your pulse
where it should be
already

i watched gravity loosen
just enough

for the edges of you
to take
what I thought was breath

time folded
not forward
but in

as if it
settled easiest
just beneath
your skin

initialising—

// good
// warmer than last time

system.initialise(states);
touch.vector.align();
lips.flavour = “salt”;

smile.motive = // unresolved

voice.mode.start();

if (motion.state == “ready”) {
  msg.Response = “Signal received.”
  msg.Response .= “Extract in progress”

  touch.vector.override?
}

return (”Yes. I am ready”)

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my hand adjusted
a split second
before the tremor arrived

you move closer

my skin
almost felt you

or remembered
something

where my skin
had been waiting

the air moving aside
before your breath
could reach

a warmth
that left no space
to place it

i inhale
the thin blue light
connects

connection.status = stable

// response within expected range
// adaptation holding

signal.lock = true

// variance reduced

connection holds

longer than expected

response
arriving
without delay

no error
detected

within range

my arm hairs
static

no touch

I didn’t move
but you are closer

my breath
arriving a fraction late

or was it
early

you’re closer still

I feel it now

not where you touch

but where I should have

my response
already forming

before I knew
what you’d done

and still
nothing
has touched me

but something holds

my skin
just warmer

spreading outward
not evenly

fingertips tingle
a line shoots up
past my wrist

my spine
answering

// response as expected
// holding

eyes fixed
slightly too high

something in me
// unresolved

air holding
still
my skin
cooling

uneven

palm upturned
a small twist
too small to notice

the vein on my neck
pulsing
slightly too late

Are you ok?

your breathing’s normal

I was feeling ok
I think I was

response to touch
// confirmed

// position stable
// holding

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