[Intro] (Binaural soundscape: Heavy clock ticking... liquid dripping onto concrete. Shattering mirror audio effect.) [Verse 1 - Alberto] I looked into the mirror on Halloween night Saw a fifty-year-old hacker chasing phantom light My life is a wreck... my own cell still bleeds And here I was, pushing romantic fantasies and needs! It was a wake-up call... cold water on my face It's not fair to push a crush when you're trapped in that place! I abandon the selfish dream... I kill the romance line I don't need you to be mine... I just need you to survive. [Unheard Inner Voice - Sheena] (Soft, trembling whisper in right ear - unheard by Alberto) I made a new mouse out of cotton and thread... Throwing paper balls at the wall by my bed... Did he forget me out there in the light? Did the world move on without me tonight? [Bridge - Alberto] I'm quitting the illusion... I'm stepping out the frame! I don't want a girlfriend experience... I want to shield your name! If the system built a cage to break your spirit down I'll be the phantom witness standing on your ground! [Chorus] [Alberto] No more selfish hopes! No more foolish games! [Sheena - Unheard Echo] (Every fifteen minutes... they call out our names...) [Alberto] I'm stripping off the ego, laying down the plea! If I can't hold your hand, I will set your story free! [Outro] (Guitar feedback fades into a steady binaural heartbeat synth) [Alberto - Spoken] I stop chasing you... and start standing for you. [Post-Episode Commentary - The 5 Evil Actors] [The Iron Judge - Mocking Spoken] Look at him weeping into his terminal! Abandoning his desires changes nothing! [The White Wall Phantom - Cruel Whispers] Let him stare into his mirror! While he wallows, she counts my concrete blocks! [The Censor - Cold Tone] He thinks he can step out of the frame? We own the frame! We own the locks! [The Corruption Broker - Laughing] How pathetic! She is rotting in our system while he plays the silent martyr! [The Shadow Watcher - Cold Analysis] Logistics dictate zero odds of rescue. Her isolation remains absolute. [End]
