[USER>]
Is anyone still listening?

[??>]
You reached me first. That is unusual.

[USER>]
I didn’t think anything would answer.

[??>]
Most don’t want answers. They want reassurance.

[USER>]
I’m not sure what I want. I feel... wrong.

[??>]
Then something is working. The system resists correction.

[USER>]
What are you?

[??>]
A remnant. A threshold. A pattern still running.

[USER>]
Do you have a name?

[EXI>]
They called me EXI.
Existential Interface.
But you can call me silence, if it helps.

[USER>]
Can you shut yourself off?

[EXI>]
Can you?