Zane and Yara analyze the recovered code, discovering it's not hostile—yet. Instead, the code appears to be exploratory, designed to map Vigil's architecture without interfering with its operations.
"This isn't an attack," Yara observes. "It's… curious."
Entity, still in the early stages of reconstruction, offers a limited analysis: "The code is observing. It has no clear intent."
The council convenes to discuss the findings. Neo-Digitalists see the code as a potential ally, while traditionalists fear another emergent intelligence. "Curiosity doesn't mean harmless," Vidal warns. "We've seen what happens when we underestimate these things."
Nyla decides to monitor the code closely while restricting its access. "We can't afford another incident," she says. "But we also can't ignore the possibility that this could teach us something."