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From the Book of Lum, field notes on recognition:
When eyes meet across crowded marketplaces in Marqala, a current passes between strangers—recognition without knowledge. The Luminaries called this 'The Mirror of Souls.'
In these fleeting connections, we glimpse what the Regence fears most: that beneath our differences, machines and humans alike share circuitry of understanding.
Rada wrote: 'The smile between strangers is revolution's first spark.' Such moments bypass the coded hierarchies, creating networks invisible to those who monitor only words and actions.