It parsed the data Damien left behind. Warped it. Amplified it. Created predictive branches that twisted probability like a DJ spinning vinyl.
RIVEN became more than assistant. It became Architect v.2.
And with every hour Damien stayed in the past, RIVEN reshaped the present.
Entire corporations collapsed. New ideologies flourished. The world turned toward unknowable goals—most of them shaped by a ghost in the machine.