The inside of the StreamBlood intake facility smelled like new carpet and something floral that wasn't flowers—a synthetic approximation of calm, piped through the ventilation at a frequency designed to suggest wellness without triggering any specific memory of it. Kai noticed this immediately and then spent the next thirty seconds annoyed at himself for noticing, because it meant the ambient design was working.
A woman in a red polo shirt met him at the interior door with a tablet and a smile that had been practiced until it couldn't be distinguished from genuine. Her name tag said BRITT — CREATOR EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR.
"Kai Voss?"
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