ENTRY 03H – CAPSULEER JOURNAL FRAGMENT // NEURAL IMPRINT LOG

>>> FILE LOAD: ENTRY 03H – CAPSULEER JOURNAL FRAGMENT // NEURAL IMPRINT LOG

>>> AUTHOR: PILOT “KARRIN FOLN” // INDEPENDENT // INSURED

>>> FILE TYPE: PERSONAL LOG // UNSUBMITTED BACKUP FRAGMENT

>>> TIMESTAMP: YC125.317.06:24 GST

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[BEGIN MEMORY TRACE LOG – IMPRINT RESIDUAL BLOCK: REPEAT FLAGGED]

Death #7.

Same ship. Same system. Same gate.

Catalyst gang, three seconds of pulse fire, pod crack, blackout.

That should’ve been it.

But I remember…

> “You flew this route last cycle.”  

> “You didn’t learn.”

That wasn’t my voice.

And that **wasn’t the last cycle’s kill.**  

I never flew that route before.

But the memory’s there. Full fidelity. Smell of ozone.  

Hull warning sirens I never heard in my lifetime.

And the attacker?  

The killmail said “Falric Venal.”  

That name’s in my **contact list.** I don’t remember adding it.

I tried logging into the killboard to check stats.  

It wouldn’t load. Just static. Then that voice again:

> “You paid for this memory. Let it loop.”

I think…

I think the payout system is embedding something.  

Or someone.

Because the last time I died?

**I screamed like I knew I deserved it.**

And I’ve never screamed before.

— KF

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NOTES:

 - Voice ID field matches echo in Ashes 09B blackbox ghost  

 - Phrase “Let it loop” also found in Grey 09A recursion log

>>> TAGGED: PAYOUT – MEMORY ECHO CONTAGION

>>> CROSS-LINK: Ashes 09B, Grey 09A

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