After I was done reading the website news post, a dry, sanitized account that mentioned an "unprecedented security breach" and a "high-tier adversarial entity" without ever using my name, a morbid curiosity got the better of me.
My finger hovered over the screen for a second before I clicked on the comments.
I needed to see the noise, the chaos my actions had spawned in the wider world.
The page loaded, a cascading waterfall of hot takes, memes, and panic.
[Hydrogen Bomb]
—For Aegis Collective to claim it's their most important ability core, that must be some crazy shit.
(Reacts: 509,8k) (Replies: 2.5k)
A part of me felt a flicker of pride.
[Coughing Baby]
—If something that powerful is truly in the hands of a high ranked villain, are we even safe again?
(Reacts: 1m) (Replies: 5.8k)
The fear was palpable. A million reacts. A million people, or bots, tapping a button to express their unease.
