[s1e11] - Fabrication

"I'm afraid you didn't just fabricate an object, Arthur," Hera replied, her voice sounding strangely distant. "You fabricated a choice. And it’s already been made."

"Arthur, the power draw is spiking," Hera warned. "You’re pushing the resolution beyond the hardware's limits." [S1E11] Fabrication

"Hera," Arthur whispered, his heart hammering against his ribs. "What did I just fabricate?" "I'm afraid you didn't just fabricate an object,

"The simulation doesn't account for the intuition of the user," he snapped, though his hands shook as he reached for the neural headband. It ticked with a steady, rhythmic heartbeat

Instead, sitting in the center of the debris, was a perfect, functioning pocket watch. It ticked with a steady, rhythmic heartbeat. Arthur picked it up, his thumb tracing the familiar scratches on the casing.

Arthur gasped, ripping the headband off. He leaned over the workbench, expecting to find a pile of scrap or a puddle of molten silver.

"All systems nominal," the lab’s AI, Hera, replied. "But I must remind you, Arthur: the simulation yielded a forty percent failure rate for the feedback loop."