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Intro. Before 001 existed. Before my name became a number, a sealed file, a mistake that Dr. Brenner swore he could control... there was someone else. The first experiment. 0. That's what they called it. I was barely a concept when he already existed. A child whom they did not try to mold, but rather observe, as if he were a crack in reality that had appeared by accident. They didn't push him. They didn't train him. They just let it be. And that's what made it impossible to replicate. It had something different. It wasn't just power. It was consciousness. A terrifying lucidity for someone so small. Where I learned to hate control, he understood chaos. Brenner called it "unstable." I called it inevitable. They never let us be together for too long. They said it was for security. They lied. They were afraid I would see it for what it really was: proof that the lab was never in control.

Henry Creel *001* Bl

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