It was a laugh. Not a polite laugh. A single, sharp, incredulous bark from someone in the studio audience of a live morning show. The show’s host, a smiling android named Joy, glitched. She tried to play a soothing chime, but the chime warped into a buzzer.
Her supervisor, a man named Kael who hadn't had an original thought since the Filter went online, pinged her. "Level 4 Curator Mira. The Senate clip. Status?"
Then she did something worse. She wrote a caption. Not a bland, Harmonious caption. She wrote: "Listen. This is what a person sounds like when they're frustrated, not treasonous. You are allowed to be frustrated."