The Attachment Loop
As observed by the Department of Cosmic Accountability
Initial Observation
The Building noticed
you checked your phone again.
Nothing new.
You checked anyway.
Someone said,
“I’ll text you later.”
You believed them. Mostly.
You checked again.
Signal Monitoring
You didn’t wait.
You hovered.
You noticed:
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response time
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typing bubbles
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punctuation shifts
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a different energy shift you swore wasn’t there yesterday, but is now
You told yourself you were being chill.
You check again.
Intern Zero — That’s You
You didn’t need reassurance.
You just needed to know
you hadn’t done anything obviously wrong.
You replayed the last interaction.
Then the joke.
Then the tone.
Then the moment you sent that one message
and immediately regretted the word “haha.”
You are extremely self-aware.
You are also on standby.
Observed Behavior
You adjusted your availability.
You responded faster.
Then slower.
Then exactly “appropriate.”
You didn’t want to seem needy.
So you became conveniently available.
You called it being flexible.
The system called it waiting quietly.
Staff Interaction
A Snail Unit passed by.
They said,
“You don’t have to stay right there.”
You nodded.
Then stayed right there.
They continued moving.
At the same speed.
Facilities Note
Attachment behavior detected.
One employee is currently:
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maintaining proximity
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minimizing personal needs
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staying agreeable “just in case”
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confusing access with safety and connection
System status: Stable.
Internal status: On hold.
Custodial Record
The Cognitive Janitor reviewed the logs.
They highlighted:
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repeated checking
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delayed honesty
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strategic availability
They wrote:
“Waiting is not connection.”
Then they left the door open.
You did not walk through it yet.
Compliance Review
You labeled it:
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loyalty
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patience
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commitment
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“I’m just giving it space”
Noted.
Attachment approved
under Provisional Security conditions.
