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Auction. The word hit Kaelen like a punch. In the Hub’s Great Hall, the highest bidder would strip The Witness down to her component parts—sell her skin as a texture pack, her animations as a dance move library, her crooked pinky as a “quirky character add-on.” They would dissect her soul for profit.

“Get out, rigger,” Jax sneered.

Kaelen Vance was a Rigger , a specialist in the unglamorous art of joint articulation. While others crafted luminous eyes or perfect skin shaders, Kaelen spent his days inside the Skeleton Womb , a VR suite where he manipulated digital bones and muscles. He’d make a knee bend without clipping. He’d ensure a smile reached the eyes without tearing the cheek texture. It was thankless, meticulous work. virt a mate hub